Fabaceae FAMILY
Dalea formosa
Dalea formosa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Dalea formosa is a much-branched, dwarf shrub usually growing 15 - 90cm tall[ 1359 Title Daleae Imagines; An Illustrated Revision of ERRAZURIZIA Philippi, PSOROTHAMNUS Rydberg, MARINA Liebmann, and DALEA L Publication Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol 27 pp 1 - 892, 1977 Author Barneby R.C. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York Year 1977 ISBN 0-89327-001-6 Description A very detailed treatment of the genera Errazurizia, Psorothamnus, Marina and Dalea ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeSouthern N. America - Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
HabitatDry rocky hillsides, gullied bluffs, and knolls on the prairie, in barren places where competition from tall shrubs is low or absent; at elevations from 570 - 2,040 metres[ 1359 Title Daleae Imagines; An Illustrated Revision of ERRAZURIZIA Philippi, PSOROTHAMNUS Rydberg, MARINA Liebmann, and DALEA L Publication Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol 27 pp 1 - 892, 1977 Author Barneby R.C. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York Year 1977 ISBN 0-89327-001-6 Description A very detailed treatment of the genera Errazurizia, Psorothamnus, Marina and Dalea ].