Parry Dalea
Parry's False Prairie Clover
Marina (Dalea) parryi
Watercolor from live specimen found in the Maricopa Co., Arizona.
FLOWERS: Delicate purple and whitish pea-flowers arranged into delicate
spikes. Blooming can occur most any time of year, but mostly mid to late spring.
SHRUB: A small suffrutescent (barely shrubby) plant with frail stems;
plants rarely rising more than 30 cm from ground.
UNARMED
LEAVES: Pinnately compound leaves with an odd number of 5 to 13 leaflets.
FRUIT: small single seeded pod.
RANGE: This is a very common plant is found in southwestern Arizona and
Sonora. Because it is so small an slender it usually requires careful
searching, best done in mid to late spring.
Fabaceae -- Bean Family
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Blooming despite dry conditions in the Little Ajo Mts., Pima Co., Arizona, USA. 11 March 2016,