Dalea formosa

Dalea formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Dalea
Species:	D. formosa
Binomial name
	Dalea formosa; Torr.

Dalea formosa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Dalea, known by the common names feather dalea and featherplume;[1] it is named for the physician Samuel Dale.[2] The plant is native to the southern United States.[2] It is highly tolerant of heat, cold, and drought.[3][4] It is favored by honeybees; but of much less use to most wildlife, with the exception of rabbits and deer.[5][6] Unique to most plants,[Note 1] it blooms all year long (with the occurrence of monsoon rainfall)[7][8] and also has a long lifespan.[4]

References

Southwest, The American. "Western USA wildflowers: Feather Peabush, Dalea Formosa". www.americansouthwest.net.
"SEINet Portal Network - Dalea formosa". swbiodiversity.org.
"Dalea formosa". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin.
"USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov.
"Plants of Texas Rangelands » Feather Dalea". rangeplants.tamu.edu.
Xerces Society. Native plants for pollinators and beneficial insects: Southwest - Sonoran Desert Retrieved July 27, 2023
"Blue Wildflowers - Big Bend National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.
"Dalea formosa, Indigobush, Southwest Desert Flora".

Explanatory notes

Generally, plants expend considerable energy to bloom and that decreases their lifespan or the duration of their bloom, or both; especially in hot regions. Blooming flowers expend considerable energy through nectar production, water loss via transpiration, and respiration of flower parts (Schoen & Ashman, 1994). “Interestingly, flower lifespan is negatively correlated with temperature; the hotter the environment where they bloom, the shorter the period a plant retains them. The phenomenon has been known for a long time,” comments Shoko Sakai, author of the present study.

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[1] Southwest, The American. "Western USA wildflowers: Feather Peabush, Dalea Formosa". www.americansouthwest.net.

[auto1-2] "SEINet Portal Network - Dalea formosa". swbiodiversity.org.

[3] "Dalea formosa". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin.

[auto-4] "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov.

[5] "Plants of Texas Rangelands » Feather Dalea". rangeplants.tamu.edu.

[6] Xerces Society. Native plants for pollinators and beneficial insects: Southwest - Sonoran Desert Retrieved July 27, 2023

[8] "Blue Wildflowers - Big Bend National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.

[9] "Dalea formosa, Indigobush, Southwest Desert Flora".

[Note01-7] Generally, plants expend considerable energy to bloom and that decreases their lifespan or the duration of their bloom, or both; especially in hot regions. Blooming flowers expend considerable energy through nectar production, water loss via transpiration, and respiration of flower parts (Schoen & Ashman, 1994). “Interestingly, flower lifespan is negatively correlated with temperature; the hotter the environment where they bloom, the shorter the period a plant retains them. The phenomenon has been known for a long time,” comments Shoko Sakai, author of the present study.