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BEAUTIFUL 
NATIVE PLANTS 
FROM THE 
HIGH PLAINS, BADLANDS 
AND BLACK ft , 
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* MAR 4 1952 
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Velvety Prairie Clover, Petalostemon  villosus. 
While stems of other prairie clovers are arching or 
straight and the thimbles of flowers borne in line 
with the stem, villosus arches so as to hold the in- 
florescence toward the horizontal and the tight 
finger-like raceme adds graceful curves of its own. 
Blossoming proceeds from base to tip of the fingers 
over a period of several weeks in July and August 
or into September. Silvered green, silvered lavy- 
ender-rose, all very lovely. Usually under twelve 
inchs of height. 
Where the dune sands are rather coarse and 
loose this plant may be expected on the plains. 
Like other perennials of the sands its roots go 
deep. But a deep root, if you please, does not 
make a plant difficult to bring into the garden, 
rather it indicates need of a good depth of drain- 
age and aeration. Villosus does well in many 
gardens. 
Claude A. Barr _ 
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PRAIRIE GEM RANCH 
SMITHWICK, S. D. 
