''Dalea tentaculoides'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Gentry's indigobush. It is native to

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

in the United States, where it is limited to

Pima Pima or PIMA may refer to: People * Pima people, the Akimel O'odham, Indigenous peoples in Arizona (U.S.) and Sonora (Mexico) Places * Pima, Arizona, a town in Graham County * Pima County, Arizona * Pima Canyon, in the Santa Catalina Mountains ...

and Santa Cruz Counties. It may occur in adjacent Mexico.''Dalea tentaculoides''.
The Nature Conservancy. This

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

-like perennial herb may reach two meters in height but it usually remains smaller. It has compound leaves with several pairs of leaflets. The flowers are rose-purple. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is coated in

tentacle In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work main ...

-like glands. Flowering occurs in spring and again in fall.''Dalea tentaculoides''.
Center for Plant Conservation. This plant grows in canyons in oak and juniper woodland. It grows on floodplains and terraces and is subject to the effects of seasonal flooding. There are only a few occurrences of this plant, some located in the Tohono O'odham Reservation and in the

Coronado National Forest The Coronado National Forest is a United States National Forest that includes an area of about 1.78 million acres (7,200 km2) spread throughout mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It is located in parts of C ...

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External links

USDA Plants Profile for ''Dalea tentaculoides''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q717614 tentaculoides Flora of Arizona Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Endemic flora of the United States Critically endangered flora of the United States