Whiteball Acacia (Acacia angustissima)

   
 

Overview and close-up view of foliage and flowers. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Fern Acacia, Whiteball Acacia
• Common Spanish Names: Timbre, Guajito
• Scientific Name: Acacia angustissima (ah-KAY-shuh an-gus-TISS-ih-muh)
• Family: Fabaceae (Legume Family)
• Geographic Range: Florida across to Arizona, grasslands of Tran-Pecos Texas and south through Mexico to Yucatan and Guatamala.
• Plant Form: Perennial/Sub-shrub, 1' to 3' tall.
• Remarks: Fine-textured, fern-like, deciduous leaves on thornless, mostly herbaceous stems; white ball flowers summer to fall; low growing, spreading by woody rhizomes; full sun or part shade, hardy and adaptable to most well-draining soils; good for holding soil on banks, spreading aggressively under irrigation.

Last Update: 3 Jul 2002