Fabaceae FAMILY

Psorothamnus spinosus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Psorothamnus spinosus is a spiny shrub or a small, round-headed tree, usually floweing as a bushy shrub when around 1.5 metres tall but eventually reaching 7 metres, exceptionally to 10 metres. One to a few main trunks up to 10cm in diameter are formed[ 1359 Title Daleae Imagines; An Illustrated Revision of ERRAZURIZIA Philippi, PSOROTHAMNUS Rydberg, MARINA Liebmann, and DALEA L Publication Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol 27 pp 1 - 892, 1977 Author Barneby R.C. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York Year 1977 ISBN 0-89327-001-6 Description A very detailed treatment of the genera Errazurizia, Psorothamnus, Marina and Dalea ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthwestern N. America - Nevada, southern California, Arizona, northern Mexico (Baja Norte, northern Sonora)

HabitatSandy and rocky washes amongst Larrea scrub; usually at elevations below 240 metres, but up to 430 metres in the south of its range[ 1359 Title Daleae Imagines; An Illustrated Revision of ERRAZURIZIA Philippi, PSOROTHAMNUS Rydberg, MARINA Liebmann, and DALEA L Publication Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol 27 pp 1 - 892, 1977 Author Barneby R.C. Publisher The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York Year 1977 ISBN 0-89327-001-6 Description A very detailed treatment of the genera Errazurizia, Psorothamnus, Marina and Dalea ].