Fabaceae
Parry's holdback
Pomaria melanosticta
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pomaria
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Pomaria melanostictaFabaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Parry's holdback
Synonyms
- Caesalpinia atropunctata Eifert
- Caesalpinia melanosticta (S.Schauer) Fisher
- Caesalpinia melanosticta var. greggii (Fisher) Fisher
- Caesalpinia melanosticta var. parryi (Fisher) Fisher
- Caesalpinia parryi (Fisher) Eifert
- Hoffmannseggia melanosticta (S.Schauer) A.Gray
- Hoffmannseggia melanosticta var. greggii Fisher
- Hoffmannseggia melanosticta var. parryi Fisher
- Hoffmannseggia parryi (Fisher) B.L.Turner
- Larrea melanosticta (S.Schauer) Britton
- Larrea parryi (Fisher) Britton & Rose
- Larrea parryi (Fisher) Britton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.