Flower ID: IMG_4268.JPG-07-08-2020 Flower name (scientific): Dalea candida Willdenow PY: 1802. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) DAY-lee-uh KAN-did-uh Flower name (common): White Prairie Clover Family name (common): Pea Family name (scientific): Fabaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Named in honor of Samuel Dale (1659 – 1739), English physician and naturalist. Specific epithet: From the Latin for shinning or pure white. Common name origin: Based on the color, common habitat, and its similarity to other clover plants. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.3 inches (5 to 8 mm) Petal count: 5 Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Spike Plant description: Size: 12 to 36 inches (30 to 91 cm) Stem hairy: glabrous Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is compound Size: Compound leaves about 1 to 6 cm or more long. Leaflets about 5 to 35 mm long and about 2 to 7 mm wide. Color: medium green Hairy: glabrous Other: Shape: leaf, oddly pinnate, leaflet linear or narrowly oblanceolate (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): June to July Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies, meadows, sun. Fruit: Legumes about 3 to 4 mm in length. Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Fairly distinctive with no close lookalikes when in bloom. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Navajo and the Pawnee used this plant to treat various ailments including abdomen pain, toothache, and fever, and as aprophylactic. The Navajo and at least two other tribes utilized this plant as a food source (Moerman, p. 192, 1998). Latitude: 44.795412 Longitude: -91.513808 Altitude: 258.80 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Waukesha, Waupaca, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (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, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, MB, ON, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 3 homotypic synonyms for this species. Heterotypic Synonym(s): na Autonym:Dalea candida var. candida (The other infraspecific is Dalea candida var. oligophylla (Torr.) Shinners. This variety is found in the US.) Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed