General: Hairy Prairie Clover (Dalea mollis) is a desert annual forb with leaves divided into leaflets, and the margins of the leaflets are wavy and dark spotted. The flowers are white.

Hairy Prairie Clover is a common component of vegetation communities on desert flats and on bajadas in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats) and Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub) life zones.

Family: Fabaceae (Legume).

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Plant Form: Annual herb, spreading.

Height: To a few inches.

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Habitat: Dry, well-drained sandy and gravelly soils on bajadas and moderate slopes.

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Distribution: California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona, and south into northern Mexico.

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