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Cedar Glade Prairie Clover

Dalea foliosa

Found in calcareous glades. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

75
Strong

Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 88%

Height
About 2 feet in flower
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Soil moisture
Dry to average
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Federally endangered. Excluded from routine garden suggestions. Consult conservation guidance before obtaining or planting this species. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Bloom
July to September

Not yet recorded · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

Recorded in 3 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa County
Limestone cedar glade. Shown: Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Dalea

  • Aristotelia roseosuffusellaPink-Washed Aristotelia
  • Hypomecis umbrosariaUmber Moth
  • Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Schinia lucensAmorpha Flower Moth, Leadplant Moth, Flase Indigo Flower Moth
  • Stegasta bosqueellaRed-Necked Peanutworm
  • Zerene cesoniaSouthern Dogface
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
42BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Dalea

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
5Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Dalea

  • Colletes aberrans
  • Colletes howardi
  • Colletes robertsonii
  • Colletes susannae
  • Colletes wilmattae
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Dalea

  • Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae
Flower color
Purple
Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Leafy Prairie Clover

Conservation status

Alabama rankS1
Global rankNot available
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusEndangered (US Fish and Wildlife Service)

Conservation source Federal status source: US Fish and Wildlife Service

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