Psorothamnus emoryi (A.Gray) Rydb.
White-Dalea
Fabaceae
Protologue: N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 24: 47 (1919)
Pronunciation: Pso-ro-thám-nus é-mor-y-i
Etymology: Gr. psoros, "mangy, scabby," and thamnos, "bush," + Maj. William Hemsley Emory (1811-1887)
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Distribution:
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.
A small desert shrub. Note papilionaceous flowers and gray-green, tomentose, pinnate leaves.
Purple structures are flowers of a parasitic plant, Pilostyles thurberi (Apodanthaceae).
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