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Dalea mollissima
Soft prairie clover is a small, mat-forming desert wildflower in the legume family, native to the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. It is grown mainly as a drought-tolerant native wildflower, and the key to success is giving it sun, sharp drainage and very little water.
Dalea mollissima is a desert wildflower plant in the legume family (Fabaceae), with the common names soft prairie clover, downy dalea, and silk dalea.
The plant is native to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and desert chaparral in adjacent mountains. It is found in California, northeastern Baja California, western Arizona, and southern Nevada.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalea mollissima 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.
