Status: Native
Synonyms:
Petalostemon exilis A. Gray
Dalea exigua is an annual herb that grows 6-18 inches tall. It has elongate spikes of small
purple flowers with hairy, sessile-glandular calyces. The stems are ridged. The leaves have 3 to 5 leaflets which are narrow, with the end one being the longest. The leaflets are bristle-tipped. D. exigua is found in piñon-juniper woodland at middle elevation.
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Dalea exigua, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, plant in lab, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, closeup of leaves, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, closeup of floral bracts, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, closeup of angled stem, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, closeup of mucronate leaflet apex, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, macro of single flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, closeup of single leaf with 5 mucronate leaflets, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, closeup of annual taproot, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
Dalea exigua, macro of angled stem, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Silver City, Gomez Peak trail, September 8, 2021
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