Feather Dalea – Plant

LATIN NAME
Dalea formosa

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

• Other common names, “Featherplume.”
• Growth type is a small deciduous shrub, usually under 3 feet.
• Flowers April to October
• Bi-colored pea flowers; color is purple, yellow and fuzzy all at once.
• This plant is of little importance to livestock but is readily eaten by deer.
• Adapted to dry rocky soils on hills and sandy soil.

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