{{Short description|Species of legume}} {{distinguish|Dalla pulchra}} {{Speciesbox | image = Dalea pulchra 2.jpg | status = G3 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148958/Dalea_pulchra |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> | genus = Dalea | species = pulchra | authority = Gentry | synonyms = }}
'''''Dalea pulchra''''', the '''Santa Catalina prairie clover''' or '''indigo bush''', is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the subfamily Faboideae in the pea family-(Fabaceae). It is found in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua, in the Madrean sky islands region and associated areas.
Santa Catalina prairie clover can be found in some common resource locations, for example: Ironwood Forest National Monument of southern Arizona. It has deep purple flowers. As a shrub it can grow to {{convert|1.2|m|ft|0|}} tall.
The Santa Catalina prairie clover has the same name as the sky island mountain range of southeast Arizona, the Santa Catalinas.
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080227024542/http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/violets/violet19.html Photo--(High Res of flowers)]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080313025532/http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/violetflowers3.html Article] - ''"Wildflowers of Tucson, Arizona": Violet flowers'' *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DAPU4 USDA: NRCS: Plants Profile ''Dalea pulchra''] *[http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/images/Dalpul01.jpg Photo--(Field Photo)]; [http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/ifnm_floragallery.htm Article] - ''"Biological Survey of Ironwood Forest National Monument"''–Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Arizona&statefips=04&symbol=DAPU4 Arizona county distribution]; [https://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=New%20Mexico&statefips=35&symbol=DAPU4 New Mexico counties] - Natural Resource Conservation Service {{Commons category-inline|Dalea pulchra}}
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pulchra Category:Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Category:Flora of Arizona Category:Flora of Chihuahua (state) Category:Flora of New Mexico Category:Flora of Sonora ~ ~
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