Colonel William A. Phillips

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 250–1,350 metres (820–4,430 ft) in elevation.[3]

References

  1. ^ Michael L. Charters. "Botanical Names: F". California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations. Sierra Madre, CA. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  2. ^ USDA
  3. ^ Jepson

External links

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psorothamnus_fremontii