Whitethorn Acacia
Vachellia constricta
A thorny desert legume with fragrant golden flower puffs after summer rains and ferny foliage. A nitrogen-fixer that anchors washes and provides cover and forage.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 9–9 ft
- Spacing
- 8–15 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX