Pale yellow cream flowering season.
Cat claw tree arizona.
Cat s claw acacia greggii cat s claw is a small shrubby tree native to the southwestern us states.
Desert upland riparian flower color.
Later you will cuss a bit as you work to extract the broken off spine tips from.
The tree is also referred to as catclaw mesquite tear blanket wait a minute tree and catclaw acacia.
The tree gains its common name.
Senegalia greggii formerly known as acacia greggii is a species of senegalia native to the southwestern united states and northern mexico from the extreme south of utah south through southern nevada southeast california arizona new mexico and western texas to baja california sinaloa and nuevo león in mexico.
The flowers are densely clustered on.
The catclaw tree comes from the genus acacia.
The population in utah at 37 10 n is the northernmost naturally occurring.
The tree has many different names such as catclaw acacia catclaw mesquite gregg s catclaw devil s claw paradise flower wait a minute tree and wait a bit tree.
These odd names are all related to the many strong sharp thorns covering this plant.
During your first encounter with the flora of arizona this ubiquitous shrub will likely find you first the impossibly sharp hooked spines will tug at your clothing and surely scratch and tear any exposed skin.
Up to 23 feet 7 m tall but usually less description.
Extremely durable and heat tolerant the cat s claw can be used as a screen barrier or desert accent.
Tree shrub arizona native status.
Acacia greggii common name.
Catclaw acacia plant characteristics.
Desert cat s claw tree.
The names mostly originate from the tree s numerous hooked thorns that look like a cat s claw.
Perennial deciduous growth habit.
Spring summer fall height.
In late spring the cat s claw produces highly fragrant yellow blooms on spikes.