Psorodendron schottii
| Psorodendron schottii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Dalbergioids |
| Tribe: | Amorpheae |
| Genus: | Psorodendron |
| Species: | P. schottii |
| Binomial name | |
| Psorodendron schottii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Psorodendron schottii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Schott's dalea.[2] It is native to the Sonoran Deserts of northern Mexico and adjacent sections of Arizona and the Colorado Desert in California.
Description
Psorodendron 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
- ^ "Psorodendron schottii (Torr.) Rydb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ NRCS. "Psorothamnus schottii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
External links
- 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