| Scientific Name | Acacia farnesiana | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Bean ( Fabaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 irregular petals
Shrub or tree 6-48 ft tall. Flower: Spherical head, resembling a puffball to almost 1 in. in diameter. Short petals almost concealed by stamens. Color from protruding stamens. Leaves: Twice compound pinnate leaves. 2-8 pairs of pinnae, 10-25 pairs of leaflets per pinna. Leaflets to 3/16 in long. Seedpod: Plump to cylindrical, reddish brown to black beanpod without spines. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller Texas Wildflowers, Revised Edition (2006) p. 105 | |||||||||||||
January - April
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