Dalea saffordii (Rose) Bullock

Parosela saffordii Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb 12:273. 1909.
A low shrub; branches short, glabrous, sparingly glandular-dotted; leaves 1-1.5 cm. long; stipules broadly subulate, 2 mm. long, persistent; rachis glabrous, sparingly glandular-dotted; stipels conic; leaflets 9-13, oblanceolate, spatulate or obovate, 2-3 mm. long, glabrous, glandular-dotted beneath, thickish, somewhat involute; spikes dense, subsessile or short-peduncled at the ends of the branches, head-like; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, dark, glandular-dotted, ciliate; calyx-tube turbinate, 3 mm. long, pilose, 10-ribbed, with a row of glands in each interval; lobes filiform from a triangular base, 3 mm. long; corolla rose-colored; blade of the banner rhombic-cordate, 3 mm. long, equaling the claw; blades of the wings 4 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 5 mm. long, the claws of both 2-3 mm. long; pod pubescent.
Type locality: Not given [probably in Coahuila]. Distribution: Coahuila to Durango.