Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Dalea arenicola (Wemple) B.L.Turner trib. Amorpheae |
Bibliography | Sida, Bot. Misc. 24: 7 (2003) |
Native Range | Colorado to c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves petiolate, 2-4cm, leaflets 5, linear-oblanceolate or linear, shortly acuminate, revolute, 1-3mm, inflorescence spicate, dense, ovoid, corolla 4-6mm |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | rose, purple, white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Dalea purpurea var. arenicola (Wemple) Barneby Petalostemon arenicola Wemple |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, OKL Oklahoma) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |