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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Woody at least at the base with fern-like or feathery, twice-compound (bipinnate) leaves and flower heads that are white balls. It does not have spines like the Mimosas or other Acaciellas.
Identification notes: Height commonly under 3 feet, no spines and stemmed flower heads separate from other Acaciella; leaves alternate, on both sides of stem; leaflets oblong, margin entire, apex acute; flowers a powder puff-like spherical cluster; stamens numerous.
Height:
3 feet
Habitat Description: Dry rocky slopes, often in chaparral.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3500 - 6500 feet
Color:
White, sometimes pinkish
Shape:
Irregular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Round, stemmed flower clusters on stems that originate in the leaf axils or found at the end of primary stems; flower heads about 3/4 inch in diameter; calyx less than 1/16 inch long; green petals 1/16 to 1/8 inch long; white stamens 1/8 to 1/4 inch long.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves 4 to 19 inches long, primary leaflets usually in 2 to 14 pairs, acute or obtuse at apex; secondary leaflets in 9 to 33 pairs; leaflets narrow-oblong, 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, usually 1/16 inch or less broad, few hairs along margins.
Fruit Color: Reddish-brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pod, linear-oblong, about 1/2 inch broad, 1-1/2 inches to 2-3/4 inches long, hairy or bearing a few scattered simple hairs.
Seed Notes: 8 to 12 seeds per pod.
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