EMORY INDIGO-BUSH
Psorothamnus emoryi
(Dalea emoryi)
Watercolor from live specimen found in the Gila Mountains, Yuma Co. Arizona.
FLOWERS: Delicate, purple, pea-flower with orange, dye-emitting glands
on the calyx.
SHRUB: A woody but rather delicate shrub mostly less than
1 m tall
UNARMED. There are no thorns or spines.
LEAVES: Pinately compound leaves with an odd number of 13 or less
leaflets.
FRUIT: small single seeded pod.
RANGE: This shrubby plant is found in hilly terrain of far
southwestern Arizona and southeastern California where it seems that little
else can survive. Given the harsh environment, this plant's beauty is all the
more surprising.