Biology:Psorothamnus scoparius

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Short description: Species of legume

Psorothamnus scoparius
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Psorothamnus
Species:
P. scoparius
Binomial name
Psorothamnus scoparius
(A.Gray) Rydb.

Psorothamnus scoparius is a thornless bush in the bean family (Fabaceae), native to North America.[1][2] It is known as broom smokebush and broom dalea.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Psorothamnus scoparius is native to the southwestern United States, from western Texas through New Mexico to eastern Arizona, and the northernmost western regions of Mexico. The shrub typically grows in high deserts at elevations of 3,000 to 6,000 ft (910 to 1,830 m), centered in the sand scrub communities of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion but extending into the Little Colorado River valley of northeastern Arizona, at lower elevations of the Colorado Plateau.[4][5]

Description

Broom dalea is a short shrub with cyan colored branches and small purple flowers.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15477043 entry