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Fabaceae

Littleleaf greentwig

Brongniartia minutifolia S.Watson

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Brongniartia

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Littleleaf greentwig: Brongniartia minutifolia at Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. Aug 1991. from slide.
Photo: Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Littleleaf greentwig

Synonyms

  • Brongniartia minutifolia var. minutifolia
  • Brongniartia shrevei Wiggins

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.