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White Prairie Clover

Page history last edited by Cforry 10 years, 1 month ago

 

White Prairie Clover 

 

 

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New Hampton Prairie Wiki!

 

 

 

     Flowering Plant

    

http://www.stonesiloprairie.com/catalog/i103.html

Seeds

 

http://grownative.org/native-plant-info/seedling-identification/purple-prairie-clover/

 

 

 

                                                                                                   Seedling

 


                                                 http://grownative.org/native-plant-info/seedling-identification/white-prairie-clover/

                                                                              

 

 

                                         Juvenile

 

                                                                                

                                                                       http://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/pages/plants/purpleprairieclover.html

 

                                                                                      Leaves

                                                                                  

                                                   http://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/pages/plants/whiteprairieclover.html

                                                                                                     Roots

                                                                         

                                                          http://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/pages/plants/whiteprairieclover.html

                                  Common Name:White Prairie Clover

                                                  Other Name:Petalostemon Candidum

                                                  Scientific(Latin)Name:Dalea Candida

                                                Plant family:Bean family (Fabaceae)

 

Habitat: Sun, dry to moderate prairies, rocky or sandy soil. They can also be found in rich soil. A little light and shade. The White Prairie Clover addapts very well to the temp. Dry desert and alluvial soils. Prairies and open woods on sandy, clay, and rocky soils.

 

Characteristics: Height: up to 2ft. The white flowers crowded into cylindrical spikes, bloom first at the bottom and progress upwards along the column. This finely leaved plant has a single or, perhaps, a few stems rising from a common base. The roots are about 5 feet deep.

 

Bloom Period: May through October (late spring to summer)

 

Threats: Native American brew tea from their leaves and used the raw roots as food, and droughts.

 

Interesting Facts: The White Prairie Clover is bigger than the Purple Prairie Clover. some people plant the white prairie clovers seeds with other kinds of plants here because the plant is very native to Iowa. The White Prairie Clover is a native plant. The White Prairie Clover grows in many different types of habitats, including: several types of prairies, foothills, woods, forests, and disturbed areas. It is native to North America, where it can be found in: Central Canada, The Central United States, and Northern Mexico. It can sometimes be found outside its range as an: "Introduced Species". The fruit is a green, oval Legume Pod, containing one single seed. The plant itself grows to about a meter, but its taproot grows down to five or six feet deep.

 

Bibliography:Tall grass prairie wildflowers, Jewels of prairie mesic prairie poster, Seedling ID guide for native prairie plants, Prairie seedling and seeding evaluation guide, Jewels of the prairie roots, encyclopedia, of life internet, Central Region Seedling ID Guide for Native Prairie Plants book, Wikipedia, WWW. Wildflower.com, Prairie Moon Nursery.

 

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Comments (17)

Cforry said

at 9:56 am on Jan 17, 2014

should we have color or just have it plain black?

eheeren said

at 6:57 pm on Jan 17, 2014

We should only color a few things. DON'T GO OVERBOARD WITH COLOR OK?!

eheeren said

at 8:55 am on Jan 22, 2014

I think we should add a few more pictures to the webpage. Maybe we should add a picture of the juvenile, roots, and flowered plant (but not fully flowered). :)

eheeren said

at 9:02 am on Jan 22, 2014

The seed picture is a purple prairie clover seed not a white prairie clover.

Cforry said

at 9:22 am on Jan 22, 2014

what do you mean that the seedling is a purple prairie clover and not a white prairie clover?

eheeren said

at 9:25 am on Jan 24, 2014

I mean, the picture is a picture of the Purple Prairie Clover seeds, not the White Prairie Clover!😑

eheeren said

at 9:22 am on Jan 24, 2014

YOU PUT THE PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER: SEEDS, JUVENILE, AND FLOWERED PLANT, INSTEAD OF THE WHITE PRAIRIE CLOVER!😤😡😠👺

Cforry said

at 9:47 am on Jan 30, 2014

i did not

nodonnell said

at 9:23 am on Jan 24, 2014

You put the purple prairie clover instead of the white prairie clover !

eheeren said

at 9:07 am on Jan 30, 2014

OK, I think I finished up the website, so let's hope ours is one of the best! :)

eheeren said

at 9:09 am on Jan 30, 2014

:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):P

tyreicks said

at 9:21 am on Jan 30, 2014

good JOB

eheeren said

at 9:22 am on Jan 30, 2014

THANKS TYLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tyreicks said

at 9:23 am on Jan 30, 2014

thanks

eheeren said

at 9:25 am on Jan 30, 2014

SAY THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TYLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):P

crochford said

at 10:00 am on Jan 30, 2014

im from the purple prairie clover and you guys put our seeds

Bjordan said

at 10:07 am on Jan 30, 2014

good job

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