| Sonoran Catclaw Tree, Acaia occidentalis. |
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Sonoran Catclaw Tree.
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Quick Notes:
Height: About 15 - 25 feet. Can reach 40 feet.
Flowers: Cream White puffballs, on a 2 to 3 inch long stalk, very aromatic, biggest bloom in spring and early summer, then sporadic.
Flowering Time: March to May.
Seed Pod: A slender, long pod, 2 - 5 inches long, dark brown, the pod sheath is constricted between the seeds. Flat elliptical seeds inside.
Stems/Trunks: White thorns of varying length; typically 1/4 to 1in long and white; thorns are most obvious on young trees, fewer found on mature specimens; young stem growth has reddish color, turning brown to gray-brown and becoming furrowed and scaly.
Leaves: The leaves are gray - green, alternate, semi-evergreen, bipinnately compound, 2 to 4 inches long, with 4 to 6 pairs of major leaflets and 8 to 12 pairs of minor leaflets about ,1 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. They are green to gray - green in color.
Found: Native to the Sonoran desert of Mexico. It is mainly native of Sonora, Mexico. And to northwestern Mexico in Sinaloa, Durango, and Chihuahua.
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Elevation: Usually at 1,500 - 4,500 Feet. As a xeriscape, it will grow at 0 - 4,500 feet.
Habitat: Washes, flats and canyons below 4500'.
Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken At Glendale, Arizona Xeriscape Botanical Garden. March 13, 2003.
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