species 4,884 observations
Feather Dalea
Dalea formosa
Field notes
Dalea formosa is a semi-evergreen[1] species of flowering plant in the genus Dalea, known by the common names feather dalea and featherplume; it is named for the physician Samuel Dale. The plant is native to the southern United States. It is highly tolerant of heat, cold, and drought. It is favored by honeybees; but of much less use to most wildlife, with the exception of rabbits and deer. Unique to most plants, it blooms all year long (with the occurrence of monsoon rainfall) and also has a long lifespan.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Southern Dogface, Marine Blue, White Angled-Sulphur
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Tetraloniella paenalbata
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Reakirt's Blue, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Gray Hairstreak, California Digger Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.