Biology:Psorodendron schottii
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Psorodendron |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/PsorodendronP. schottii
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| Template:Taxonomy/PsorodendronPsorodendron schottii (Torr.) Rydb.
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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.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:212355-2.
- ↑ "Psorothamnus schottii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PSSC5. 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
Wikidata ☰ Q109875722 entry
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