- Bloom Time: June – September
- Bloom Color: White
- Height: 2 feet
- Sun: Full to partial
- Soil: Medium to dry
Dalea candida
Caterpillar food for:
Small Purplish Gray (Iridopsis humaria), Dogface Butterfly (Zerene cesonia)
Attracts these pollinators:
cellophane bees (Colletes albescens, C. robertsonii, C. susannae, C. wilmattae), green sweat bees (Agaspostemon spp.), Bumble bees (Bombus spp.), leafcutter bees (Megachile spp.), sweat bees (Halictus spp.), cuckoo bees (Coelioxys spp.), syrphid flies (Chrysotoxum spp., Toxomerus spp.), soldier beetles (Chauliognathus spp.), banded long-horned beetles (Typocerus spp.)
More information: Minnesota Wildflowers
Photo credit: USDA NRCS Montana, public domain