Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea

Family: Pea (Fabaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on: July 20, 2009
Location: Wet Mountains, Eastern CO
Life Zones: Plains to foothills
Habitat: Slopes and meadows

Grows to 18" in clumps with wiry stems and finely divided leaves. Flowers grow in a tight spike up to 2" long.

Woolly Prairie Clover
Dalea lanata var. terminalis

Family: Pea (Fabaceae)
AKA: Woolly Dalea, Dune Prairie Clover, Spreading Indigobush
Photo taken on: September 14, 2016
Location: Lemitas Trail, Santa Fe NF, NM
Life Zones: Plains to foothills
Habitat: Sandy soils

Grows trailing to 2 feet wide and 6" high with hairy divided leaves. Small purple flowers grow in a spike.