Psorothamnus spinosus (Smoke tree)

Plants: This is a large shrub or small tree, heavily branched and irregular in shape, spiny, up to 20′ (6.1 m) tall.

Leaves: The tree is nearly leafless, but has small bluish-gray wedge-shaped leaves that are widest near the top, ¼″ (8.5 mm) long.

Flowers: Dark purple to deep blue, pea-shaped, ¼–5/16″ (6.3–8.3 mm) across, in loose clusters.

Fruits: Roughly egg-shaped, ¼″ (8.3 mm) long, one end pointed, with dark red glands.

5/4/2007 · Death Valley Area · By Rhonda Tatiana Schorer ID is uncertain

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Fabales	Legumes (pea and bean families)
Family	Fabaceae	Legume family (peas and beans)
Genus	Psorothamnus	From the Greek psoros, “mangy, scabby,” and thamnos, “bush,” thus “scabshrub”
Species	spinosus	From Latin for “thorny”