Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Dalea greggii A.Gray trib. Amorpheae |
Bibliography | Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 5: 314 (1855) |
Native Range | sc. USA to Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | branchlets sericeous-tomentose, thin, leaves short, pinnate, leaflets 5-7, often crowded, obovate, 3-6mm, spikes short. dense, spherical, bracts densely sericeous-lanate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Dalea fulvosericea (Rydb.) Gentry Parosela fulvosericea Rydb. Parosela greggii (A.Gray) A.Heller |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |