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Senegalia greggii
Also called Texas Mimosa, Cat's Claw, Devil's Claw Acacia, Catclaw, Catsclaw, Devil's Claw, Gregg Catclaw
Catclaw acacia is a deciduous desert shrub or small tree from the southwestern US and northern Mexico, grown for its fragrant cream-yellow flower spikes and drought tolerance. Its key to growing is full sun, very little water, and well-drained soil, and its hooked thorns make placement important.
Senegalia greggii, formerly known as Acacia greggii, is a species of tree in the genus Senegalia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Common names include acacia bush, catclaw acacia, catclaw mesquite, Gregg's catclaw, paradise flower, wait-a-minute bush, and wait-a-bit tree; these names mostly come from the fact that the tree has numerous hooked prickles with the shape and size of a cat's claw which tend to hook onto passers-by; the hooked person must stop ("wait a minute") to remove the prickles carefully to avoid injury or shredded clothing.
Catclaw mesquite is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In the southwestern US it is found in California sporadically as far north as Humboldt County, but mainly in southern parts of the state. It is likewise a species of southern Nevada and is only found in Washington County in the southwestern corner of Utah. It is common in much of Arizona and southern New Mexico, but only grows in the Trans-Pecos and southernmost parts of Texas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Senegalia greggii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
