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
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, yellow, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX
Related native plants
More Dalea species
- Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
- White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
- Silky Prairie Clover (Dalea villosa)
- Black Dalea (Dalea frutescens)
- Trailing Indigo Bush (Dalea greggii)