 DESCRIPTION:
Also called M. biuncifera. Shrub to 8'. Bark brown. Spines brown
and curved as in Catclaw Acacia. Leaves are
bipinnately compound to 2" long with 7 pairs of primary leaflets
and 13 pairs of secondary leaflets. Flowers are white to pinkish, forming
a round powder-puff to 5/8" wide. Fruit is like a flattened, brownish,
string bean. Fabaceae (Legume) Family.
NATURAL HISTORY: Flowers bloom May to August. The name comes from the
fact that you will have to wait a minute to extract yoursefl after walking
into one of these plants because of the cat-like claws. |
