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Psorothamnus fremontii (Fremont indigo-bush)
Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia

Psorothamnus fremontii (Torr. ex Gray) Barneby

Fremont Indigo-bush, Fremont's dalea

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

USDA Symbol: PSFR

USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

Open, branching shrub; gland-dotted, silver-gray.

 

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Fruit:

Distribution

USA: AZ , CA , NV , UT
Native Distribution: California, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.
Native Habitat: Sandy to gravelly washes, slopes, benches, flats, dunes, in Creosote Bush, Blackbrush, Joshua Tree communities.
USDA Native Status: L48(N)

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees
Special Value to Bumble Bees

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Psorothamnus fremontii in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Psorothamnus fremontii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Psorothamnus fremontii

Metadata

Record Modified: 2007-01-01
Research By: TWC Staff

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