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  7. Prairie Clovers
  8. Silky Prairie Clover

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Silky Prairie Clover

Dalea villosa

Status
native
Bees
6 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Supports All

40 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Southern Dogface, Marine Blue, White Angled-Sulphur 3
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it All-pale Perdita, Susanna's Cellophane Bee, Aberrant Cellophane Bee, Robertson's Plasterer Bee 6
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Great Golden Digger Wasp, Five-banded Thynnid Wasp, Three-spotted Treehopper 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ainslie's Cellophane-Cuckoo, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Southern Plains Bumble Bee, Augochloropsis humeralis 28

Children

  • East Texas Prairie-clover
  • Hairy Prairie-clover

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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