Dalea fremontii

Indigo Bush.

Dalea (Psorothamnus) fremontii, Indigo Bush, has colorful, and unusual fruits, in addition to its lovely blue flowers.

Dalea (Psorothamnus) fremontii, Indigo Bush, is an intensely blue- flowered shrub of the mountains of the California desert .

This photo, near Ridgecrest, California, shows the form of Dalea (Psorothamnus) fremontii, Indigo Bush.

Indigo Bush is a four foot tall deciduous shrub with whitish stems and purple pea flowers. It grows in the western deserts in creosote bush scrub and Great Basin sage plant communities. As it lives in the desert it needs good drainage, dry conditions, and full sun. Mix on your sand dune with desert alyssum and maybe Salvia dorrii.
Syn.Psorothamnus fremontii var. fremontii, Dalea fremontii var. johnsonii

Dalea fremontii tolerates sand.

Foliage of Dalea fremontii has color green-gray and is deciduous.
Flower of Dalea fremontii has color violet.

Communities for Dalea fremontii:Great Basin Sage, Creosote Bush Scrub and Joshua Tree Woodland.

ph:	7.00 to 8.00
usda:	9 to 10
height[m]:	1.00 to 1.50
width[m]:	1.00 to 1.50
rainfall[cm]:	16.00 to 29.00

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