Prairie-clover

Dalea feayi
(Scrub Prairie Clover)
Foliage has a strong minty smell.



Dry wildflower garden.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Wildlife

Some birds consume consume the seeds .

Habitat

Scrub, scrubby flatwoods.

Did You Know?

  • Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
  • Larval host for southern dogface (Zerene cesonia).
  • Attracts pollinators, especially bees.  Documented native bees include  Caupolicana electa, Agaposteinon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Dialictus nyrnphalis, Anthidielluinperplexum, Megachile brevis pseudobreuis, M. deflexa, M. exilis parexilis, and M. petulaizs (Deyrup et al. 2002).