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Dalea mollis
Hairy prairie clover (Dalea mollis) is a small, mat-forming annual legume of the desert Southwest and northern Mexico, with hairy foliage and pea-like lavender, yellow or white flowers. It grows best in full sun and very well-drained, gravelly soil, and it is typically grown from seed.
Dalea mollis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family which is known by the common name hairy prairie clover.
This wildflower is native to the deserts of California, Arizona, and Northwestern Mexico.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalea mollis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
