Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Vachellia constricta Bentham var. paucispina Wooton & Standley
(Western White-thorn Acacia)


Family: Fabaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Vachellia constricta var. paucispina is a large shrub to small tree that is nearly without spines. It has spherical yellow flower heads and pinnately compound leaves. Vachellia constricta var. paucispina is found in the Gila National Forest in canyons at middle elevations.
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Vachellia constricta var. paucispina, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Pancho Canyon, July 8, 2007



Vachellia constricta var. paucispina, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Pancho Canyon, July 8, 2007



Vachellia constricta var. paucispina, fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, Oct. 29, 2008



Vachellia constricta var. paucispina, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Pancho Canyon, July 29, 2009



Vachellia constricta var. paucispina, 3x macro of buds, leaf scar and stipular spines on winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, December 27, 2009



Vachellia constricta var. paucispina, 3x macro of lateral view of buds, leaf scar and stipular spines on winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, December 27, 2009



Vachellia constricta var. paucispina, winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, December 27, 2009


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