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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vachellia farnesiana   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vachellia farnesiana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Acacia farnesiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Acacia farnesiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)

Acacia farnesiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vachellia farnesiana

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Acacia minuta

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Sweet Acacia, Huisache


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image of Vachellia farnesiana, Common Sweet Acacia, Huisache

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_624

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vachellia farnesiana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vachellia farnesiana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Acacia farnesiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Acacia farnesiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Acacia farnesiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vachellia farnesiana

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Acacia minuta

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4311

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Sandy flats on barrier islands, maritime scrub, shell middens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal spines

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Evenly 2-pinnately compound: 2-16 pinnae, each with 20-40 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Orange-yellow
5-lobed funnelform calyx
5-lobed cylindric corolla
Many stamens

Flowers in many-flowered, compact, ball-like heads

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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