Psorothamnus schottii
Psorothamnus schottii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Schott's dalea.[1] It is native to the Sonoran Deserts of northern Mexico and adjacent sections of Arizona and the Colorado Desert in California.
| Psorothamnus schottii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Psorothamnus |
| Species: | P. schottii |
| Binomial name | |
| Psorothamnus schottii | |
| Synonyms | |
| Dalea schottii | |
Description edit
Psorothamnus schottii is a shrub approaching two meters in maximum height. Its highly branching stems are green to woolly gray-green and glandular. The gland-pitted linear leaves are up to 3 centimeters long and not divided into leaflets.
The inflorescence is an open raceme of up to 15 flowers. Each flower has a deep purple blue pealike corolla up to a centimeter long in a glandular tubular calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The fruit is a legume pod coated in glands and containing one seed.
References edit
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Psorothamnus schottii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
External links edit
- CalFlora Database: Psorothamnus schottii (Schott indigobush, Schott's dalea, Schott's indigo bush)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Psorothamnus schottii
- USDA Plants Profile for Psorothamnus schottii
- UC Photos gallery — Psorothamnus schottii
Media related to Psorothamnus schottii at Wikimedia Commons