White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)

Related and similar to the purple prairie clover, but with white blooms! A nitrogen fixer that easily grown in dry soils. Drought resistant and can be slow to establish due to a taproot that can reach 5’ long. Light: Full Sun Soil Moisture: Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry Soil Type: Loam, Clay, Gravel Height: 1'-2' Bloom Color: White Bloom Time: Jun-Oct Root Type: Taproot Notable Wildlife Interactions: Flowers attract bees, wasps, flies, and small butterflies. Hosts the dogface sulphur and Reakirt’s blue butterflies, and some smaller insects. Foliage is high in protein and often browsed by mammalian herbivores. Small mammals consume the seeds.