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Life form2, 3: tree
Habitat: washes
leaf presence3: leaves only on new growth
leaf arrangement3: alternate
leaf format3: apparently simple
leaf shape3: ovate
leaf surface3: woolly hairy and red spotted
leaf margin3: toothed
Flower color2: lavender to violet to purple
Flowering period2: Apr. to June
Armament2, 3: spineless
Family1, 2, 3: Fabaceae (bean family)
Conserved or Obsolete Family1: Leguminosae (pea family)
Synonym(s)1: Dalea spinosa
Status: locally common
Locations where collected or observed:
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Yuma area and southeastern California
Barry M. Goldwater Range
*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:
- 1 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
- 2 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
- 3 Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
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