Anyone familiar with this? We're looking to possibly use for erosion control, maybe goat forage?

It's common in wild mid grass prairies here. Dalea emerges fairly late in the spring. Young shoots look rather puny, and at least in Minnesota, I would not categorize it as a high biomass producer for fodder. Although, I would certainly think it would be very nutritional. I grow Dalea candida in my garden, which is almost the same but with white flowers. It must be taprooted as my oldest plant (12 years) still grows from a central point and only covers a 20" diameter area, with about two dozen stems. In the wild, a plant will only produce 1-10 stems. I might suggest you interplant both species. They will not cross breed. I'd be happy to supply you with candida seed, but I'm not sure how a northern strain might do in Georgia. Dalea does well and looks good interplanted with other prairie forbes and short to mid grasses.

Much appreciated! I actually saw a hybrid plant from Bluestone perennial and did a bit of checking to make sure it wasn't an invasive type plant. When I found the prairie type info it did mention a more northern climate so I don't know if it would do well here. Maybe I could get just a few seeds to try and save the BS plant for my original intent of putting on a bank? I didn't even realize there was a white one.

I think if we do decided to use it for fodder it would just be a small part of the goat's grazing area.

Shoot me a treemail with your address if you'd like seed. I looked up my records and I grew my P. candida plants from wild seed I collected in Isanti County, just north of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Dalea purpurea has a deep taproot and is not at all invasive.