1. Greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-coloured honey of excellent flavour
   "Beekeepers prized the honey produced from Dalea spinosa flowers";
   - smoke tree

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Dalea, genus Dalea

Encyclopedia: Dalea spinosa