Status: Native
Synonyms:
Dalea ordiae Gray
Parosela brachystachys (Gray) Heller
Dalea brachystachya is an aromatic, ascending herb that is much branched from the base. The stems and leaves are glabrous. The leaves are pinnately compound with about 5-11 leaflets. The leaflets glaucous and gland dotted underneath. The floral bracts are persistant and conspicuously gland dotted. The calyces are hairy. The flowers are yellow. Dalea brachystachya is found in gravel in dry arroyos at lower elevation.
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Dalea brachystachya, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
Dalea brachystachya, flower spike, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
Dalea brachystachya, closeup of glabrous leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
Dalea brachystachya, flower spike measured, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
Dalea brachystachya, closeup of floral bracts, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
Dalea brachystachya, closeup of glaucous & glandular undersurface of leaflets, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
Dalea brachystachya, whole plant measured, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
Dalea brachystachya, closeup of glabrous stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, October 2, 2009
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