Psorothamnus fremontii explained

Psorothamnus fremontii, the Fremont's dalea or Fremont's indigo bush (after John C. Frémont^[1]) is a perennial legume shrub.

Distribution

Psorothamnus fremontii is common to the Southwestern United States and northwest Mexico - in the states of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, Sonora, and Baja California.^[2]

The plant is found in the Sonoran Deserts (including the Colorado Desert), the Great Basin Deserts, and the Mojave Desert sky islands, from 250m–1350mm (820feet–4,430feetm) in elevation.^[3]

External links

• Calflora Database: Psorothamnus fremontii (Fremont indigobush, Fremont's dalea, Fremont's indigo bush)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Psorothamnus fremontii
• USDA Plants Profile for Psorothamnus fremontii
• Psorothamnus fremontii profile - Lady Bird Johnson: "Wildflower Center".
• U.C. Photos Gallery — Psorothamnus fremontii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Botanical Names: F . Michael L. Charters . California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations . . September 24, 2009.
2. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PSFR USDA
3. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4186,4192 Jepson