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Dalea (purpurea)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com

Family Scientific Name: Fabaceae
Family Common Name: Pea family
Scientific Name: Dalea purpurea Vent.
Common Name: Purple prairie clover
Species Code: DALPUR
General Distribution: D. purpureum is found from Alberta to Manitoba south to Texas, Louisiana, Alabama,and New Mexico.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds exhibit physical dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are scarified.
Germination occurs under spring temperatures.
References: Dickerson, J. A., Longren, W. G. and Hadle, E. K. (1981). Native forb seed production. Pp. 216-222. In: R. L. Stuckey and K. J. Reese (eds.). The Prairie Peninsula - in the "shadow" of Transeau. Proc. 6th North Amer. Prairie Conf., The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, 12-17 August 1978. Ohio Biol. Surv. Biol. Notes. No. 15.
Table 10.22 In: Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Citation:

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Dalea purpurea Vent. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/23). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.