Feather Dalea

Dalea formosa

Feather dalea is a fine-textured desert shrub with feathery rose-purple flowers, a nitrogen-fixing, deer-resistant pollinator plant exquisitely adapted to the hottest, driest Southwestern soils.

Family: Fabaceae
Type: shrub
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 1–3 ft
Spacing: 2–4 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral, alkaline
Bloom: April, May, June
Bloom colors: purple, yellow
Wildlife value: pollinators, butterflies
Landscape uses: foundation
Native states: AZ, NM, TX