Psorothamnus fremontii

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

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|image = Psorothamnus fremontii 3.jpg

|genus = Psorothamnus

|species = fremontii

|authority = (Torr. ex A.Gray) Barneby

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Psorothamnus fremontii, the Fremont's dalea or Fremont's indigo bush (after John C. Frémont{{ cite web |url=http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageF.html |title=Botanical Names: F |author=Michael L. Charters |work=California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations |location=Sierra Madre, CA |accessdate=September 24, 2009}}) 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.[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PSFR USDA]

The plant is found in the Sonoran Deserts (including the Colorado Desert), the Great Basin Deserts, and the Mojave Desert sky islands, from {{convert|250|–|1350|m|ft}} in elevation.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4186,4192 Jepson]

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