- Dalea pulchra
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Dalea pulchra 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Dalea Species: D. pulchra Binomial name Dalea pulchra
GemtryDalea pulchra (Santa Catalina prairie clover, Indigo Bush) is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the subfamily Faboideae in the Pea Family-(Fabaceae). It is found in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua, in the Madrean sky islands region and associated areas.
Santa Catalina Prairie Clover can be found in some common resource locations, for example: Ironwood Forest National Monument of southern Arizona. It has deep purple flowers. As a shrub it can grow to 1.2 metres (4 ft) tall.
The Santa Catalina Prairie Clover has the same name as the sky island mountain range of southeast Arizona, the Santa Catalinas.
References
External links
- Photo--(High Res of flowers); Article - "Wildflowers of Tucson, Arizona": Violet flowers
- Photo--(Field Photo); Article - "Biological Survey of Ironwood Forest National Monument"–Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Arizona county distribution; New Mexico counties - Natural Resource Conservation Service
Categories:- Dalea
- North American desert flora
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Sonora
- Flora of Chihuahua
- Faboideae stubs
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