Prairie Goldenpea is a low native legume of the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain foothills, producing bright yellow pea-like flowers that are among the first wildflowers to bloom on the spring prairie. It is a nitrogen-fixer and important early-season food source for bumblebee queens. It spreads by underground rhizomes to form large colonies.
Habitat
Dry prairies, hillsides, and disturbed areas of the northern Great Plains and Rockies
Diet
Early spring nectar for queen bumblebees
How common
Common
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