Dwarf Prairie Clover
Dalea nananative · Hill Country
Dwarf Prairie Clover is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms purple and yellow in spring, summer and fall. Good for bees.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · purple, yellow
- Soil
- Takes caliche · recorded on caliche, dry, limestone, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau Woodland
120 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.