Smoketree in bloom on fault tour!
The Smokethorn (Psorothamnus spinosus), with other names of Smoketree, Smoke tree, Indigo bush, Smokethorn dalea, and Corona de Cristo, is a perennial legume tree common to the desert washes of the southern part of California, Arizona, and most of Baja California, including islands in the northern Sea of Cortez - (Gulf of California). The Smokethorn is also common to Joshua Tree National Park, where it is called the Smoketree. The twigs of the Smokethorn are slender and densely covered with fine whitish hairs. The flowers are lateral clusters of purple in June and July, with small seeded pea pods as its fruit. The photos below are from our San Andreas Fault Tour! WARNING: Do not get too close to a Smoketree when they are in bloom as they are full of bees!
Posted by Mark Farley at 6/21/2010 11:17 AM 
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BEAUTIFUL!
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Oh, Thanks for the really nice info about Smoke trees, it has such a scariest property to have bees when they are in bloom with them.
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I wish my tree would stay consistent and bloom soon.
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