Prairie Acacia
Acaciella angustissima
Prairie acacia is a thornless, ferny-leaved legume shrub with white puffball flowers, a nitrogen-fixing, drought-hardy native for hot, dry, rocky ground. The seedpods have traditionally been used for food; the bark is used industrially to help ferment alcoholic drinks in Mexico.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AR, AZ, FL, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX