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'''''Calia secundiflora''''' is a species of [[Flowering plant|flowering]] [[shrub]] or small tree in the [[pea]] family, [[Fabaceae]],<ref name="USFS">[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/sopsec/all.html Sophora secundiflora]</ref> that is native to the [[southwestern United States]] ([[Texas]], [[New Mexico]]) and Mexico ([[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] and [[Coahuila]] south to [[Hidalgo (Mexico)|Hidalgo]], [[Puebla]] and [[Querétaro]]).<ref name="GRIN"/> Common names include '''Texas Mountain Laurel''', '''Texas Mescalbean''', '''Frijolito''', and '''Frijolillo'''.<ref name="USFS"/> It is an often-misunderstood plant, frequently confused with the ''[[Agave]]'' species used to make [[mezcal]], as well as with [[Peyote]] (''Lophophora williamsii''), which contains [[mescaline]].<ref>[http://waynesword.palomar.edu/peyote.htm Mescal Bean & The Unrelated Peyote Cactus]</ref> It is well-adapted to [[arid]] and [[Semi-arid climate|semi-arid]] habitats but is most common in [[riparian zone]]s.<ref name="USFS"/> An [[evergreen]], its [[Leaf|leaves]] are [[pinnate]]ly-compound, with small, roughly spatulate [[leaflet]]s; the leaflets are rather thick, and waxy to the touch Never tall, and rarely having a straight trunk, its [[bark]] is smooth in all but the oldest specimens.<ref>[http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Sophora_secundiflora.html Sophora secundiflora Texas mountain laurel]</ref> It grows slowly to a height of {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} and a crown diameter of {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Mielke">[http://books.google.com/books?id=7KFT2hGIFPMC&dq Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes]</ref> Extremely fragrant purple [[flower]]s, resembling the smell of grape soda, are produced in large clusters in March and April. They are followed by {{convert|4|in|cm|abbr=on}} [[Legume|pods]] containing deep orange [[seed]]s.<ref name="Mielke"/> ''C. secundiflora'' is a popular [[ornamental plant]] due to its showy [[flower]]s and orange [[seed]]s. The reddish [[wood]] it produces is potentially useful, but as yet has little commercial value. Further adding to this is the fact that the beans were in fact once used by some [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|native American]] tribes as a [[hallucinogen]], before being supplanted by [[peyote]]. This plant does not contain any mescaline, however; all parts of it are highly poisonous, due to the principle [[alkaloid]] [[cytisine]], which is chemically related to [[nicotine]]. {{Inc| Sophora secundiflora, Lag. Small tree, 35 ft. high, with short, slender trunk and upright branches forming a narrow head or shrubby: lvs. 4-6 in. long; lfts. 7-9, elliptic or obovate-oblong to oblong, rounded or emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, silky- pubescent while young, dark yellowish green above, 1-2 1/2 in. long: fls. violet-blue, the standard marked near the base with a few dark spots, very fragrant, about 1 in. long, in 1-sided racemes 2-3 in. long: pod white-tomentose, terete, 1-7 in. long, 1/2 – 3/4 in. thick; seed bright scarlet. Spring. Texas to New Mex.— On account of its handsome fragrant fls., to be recommended for planting South. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> File:Calia-secundiflora-20080321.JPG| photo 1 File:Sophora secundiflora beans.jpg| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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