Fabaceae

Featherplume

Dalea formosa Torr.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dalea

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Featherplume (Dalea formosa) — FlowerPhoto: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Featherplume, Feather-plume dalea

Synonyms

Parosela formosa (Torr.) Vail

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 637 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: mike85629, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ethan Greer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JT Burns, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Eylisia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.