Fabaceae FAMILY

Dalea nana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dalea nana is a variable, perennial plant producing a cluster of stems that become more or less woody and persist; the stems can grow 8 - 35cm long. The plant can vary in habit from prostrate to erect; prostrate forms are more commonly branched whilst erect forms are more likely to be unbranched[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. , 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 medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral southern N. America - Colorado to Kansas, south to Arizona, northern Mexico and Texas

HabitatDry, open hillsides, sandy and stony plains, dunes, stream-beds, sometimes weedy along roads and railroads; at elevations from 10 - 1,500 metres[ 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 ].