Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Dalea neomexicana (A.Gray) Cory trib. Amorpheae |
Bibliography | Rhodora 38: 406 (1936) |
Native Range | Arizona to Texas and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | stems ramose, densely shortly hirsute, leaves 1-3cm long, pinnate, leaflets 7-11, obovate, densely lanate, glandular punctate, racemes dense, 1-2cm long, pod lanate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow-purple |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Dalea mollis var. neomexicana A.Gray Parosela mollis var. neomexicana (A.Gray) J.F.Macbr. Parosela neomexicana (A.Gray) A.Heller |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |