East Old Spanish Trail highway c. 10.6 km E of junction with South Old Spanish Trail highway (E of Tucson). Acacia-Larrea woodland with Yucca schidigera, Opuntia, Carnegiea. 1031 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Shrub to c. 0.5 m tall. Flowers rose-violet.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Dalea

Specific Epithet

pulchra

Authorship

Gentry

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#239,701 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →