white prairie clover
Dalea candida
USDA zones3 to 8
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size12 to 24 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Subshrub
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
White prairie clover (Dalea candida) is a perennial for borders, pollinator gardens, meadows, and naturalized areas. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The white flowers open from the base of the cone upward as the season goes on, and the plant is a larval host for the Dogface butterfly. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. Plant it where it can stay, since it grows a deep taproot.
Pairs well with Blanket flower, Blonde Ambition blue grama, and Brown-eyed Susan.
Native range
AL, AR, AZ, CO, and 23 more places. See all 27
AL, AR, AZ, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WI, and WY; SK.