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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vachellia farnesiana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)
Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vachellia farnesiana var. 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
Basionym
Mimosa farnesiana
COMMON NAME:
Common Sweet Acacia, Huisache
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_624
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vachellia farnesiana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vachellia farnesiana var. 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
Basionym
Mimosa farnesiana
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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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