Fabaceae FAMILY
Psorothamnus fremontii
Psorothamnus fremontii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Psorothamnus fremontii is a low-growing, straggling to erect, irregularly branched deciduous shrub growing 10 - 30cm tall. The plant has occasional spiny stems[ 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 RangeSouthwestern N. America - southern Nevada, southern Utah, southeast California, northern Arizona
HabitatDry places in desert scrub; at elevations from 750 - 1,350 metres[ 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. ].