Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Dalea longipila (B.L.Rob. ex Rydb.) Cory trib. Amorpheae |
Bibliography | Rhodora 38: 406 (1936) |
Native Range | w. Texas to ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | stems procumbent, leaflets obovate, shallowly emarginate, softly grey lanate, flowers in ovoid-oblong heads, calyx nitid, plumose, corolla inconspicuous |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white-red |
Bloom | spring |
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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 basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Dalea mollis var. longipila B.L.Rob. ex Rydb. Dalea neomexicana var. longipila (Rydb.) Barneby Parosela longipila Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |