PLANTS Profile for Acacia angustissima (prairie acacia)

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Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze
prairie acacia

Symbol:

ACAN

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Mexico, Jimenez. Usage Requirements.

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Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze

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Distribution:
Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze


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USA (AR, AZ, FL, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 188 species in Acacia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Acacia angustissima var. chisosiana
Chisos prairie acacia

Acacia angustissima var. hirta
prairie acacia

Acacia angustissima var. shrevei
Shreve's prairie acacia

Acacia angustissima var. suffrutescens
prairie acacia

Acacia angustissima var. texensis
prairie wattle

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Acacia Mill. – acacia
Species	Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze – prairie acacia

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
prairie acacia		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26418.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 12:32 PM MDT