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Life form2, 3:  shrub, mediumHabitat: sand dunes
 leaf presence3:  leaves usually present
 leaf arrangement3:  alternate
 leaf format3:  pinnate
 leaf shape3:  linear
 leaf surface3:  canescent
 leaf margin3:  entire
 Flower color2: purple or indigo or violet
 Flowering period2: Spring
 Armament2, 3: spineless
 Family1, 2, 3: Fabaceae (bean family)
 Conserved or Obsolete Family1: Leguminosae (pea family)
 Synonym(s)1: Dalea emory
 Status: locally common
 Locations where collected or observed:
 Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
 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 8:1-532 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 City3 Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson |