Broom Dalea
Psorothamnus scoparius
Broom dalea is a wispy, broom-like desert shrub that hazes blue-purple with pea flowers after summer rains, a nitrogen-fixing pollinator plant for deep sand.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- August, September
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX