4/3/17 CA 190W between Emigrant and Towne Pass,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
4/3/17 CA 190W between Emigrant and Towne Pass,
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Indigo Bush
SPECIES: Psorothamnus arborescens
FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea Family)
LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2017
LOCATION: CA 190W between Emigrant & Towne Pass, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA
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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:
NATIVE
Habit: Shrub < 1 m, armed or not, glabrous to +- puberulent.
Leaf: leaflets generally 5--7, 3--14 mm, terminal (occasionally all) often continuous with axis.
Inflorescence: raceme, open; pedicel bractlets 2.
Flower: calyx lobes +- equal, generally < tube; corolla 6--10 mm, indigo-blue to violet-purple, glands 0.
Fruit: exserted, 7--10 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, hairs 0 to fine, glands few to several, scattered, large, +- yellow.
Note: Possibly best united with Psorothamnus fremontii; varieties similar morphologically, distinct geographically.
eFlora Treatment Author: Martin F. Wojciechowski & Duane Isely
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