An annual erect herb with a pubescent calyx tube. There are usually about 5 leaflets. The corolla is purple. The spikes are cylindrical. It is found on open rocky slopes at middle elevation.

Santa Catalina Mountains.
Oracle Ridge Trail.
Location: 1 mi from trailhead
8/20/16
Notes: Dalea polygonoides has wider leaves than Dalea filiformis.

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