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.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AR, AZ, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX