Marina parryi
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Species: | M. parryi
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Marina parryi | |
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Dalea parryi |
Marina parryi is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Parry's false prairie-clover. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This is a perennial herb producing stiff, branching stems 20 to 80 centimeters long. It is coated with glands and rough hairs. The leaves are made up of several pairs of small oval leaflets no more than 6 millimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme of deep blue and white bicolored flowers each under a centimeter long. The fruit is a legume pod containing a single seed.
External links[]
- Calflora Database: Marina parryi (Parry dalea, Parry's false prairie clover, Parry's marina)
- USDA Plants Profile for Marina parryi
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment
- UC CalPhotos gallery
Categories:
- Amorpheae
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
- Taxa named by John Torrey
- Faboideae stubs