Rosary Babybonnets

Coursetia glandulosa

Rosary babybonnets is an airy desert legume shrub flushed in spring with cream-pink pea flowers, a nitrogen-fixer and larval host that hosts cochineal-like insects valued by wildlife.

Family: Fabaceae
Type: shrub
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 6–12 ft
Spacing: 6–10 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral, alkaline
Bloom: March, April, May
Bloom colors: white, yellow, pink
Wildlife value: pollinators, butterflies, larval host
Landscape uses: specimen, hedge or screen
Native states: AZ