Marina parryi

Parry dalea

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Parry dalea is a California native perennial found in desert regions including the Mojave Desert in open desert washes, rocky slopes, and roadsides at elevations below 800 meters. Flowering from February to June, this plant produces small flowers in compact clusters with delicate purple or lavender hues. Growing 20 to 80 centimeters tall with stiff, hairy stems that spread in an open, branching form, it develops a distinctive shrubby structure. Its leaves are finely divided, featuring 11 to 23 small, rounded to oblong leaflets that are approximately 0.5 to 6 millimeters long and subtly dotted with glands. The compact flower clusters, typically 2 to 10 centimeters long, reveal delicate pea-like blossoms with a keel measuring 5 to 7 millimeters.

Habitat: Open desert washes, rocky slopes, roadsides

Bloom period: Feb-Jun

Elevation: < 800 m

Bioregions: D

California counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Imperial, Kern

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.