Fabaceae
Blackbrush acacia
Vachellia rigidula
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Blackbrush acacia
- Japanese
- アカシア・リジデュラ
- Persian
- آکاسیای سیاهشاخه
Synonyms
- Acacia amentacea DC.
- Acacia rigidula Benth.
- Acaciopsis amentacea (DC.) Britton & Rose
- Acaciopsis rigidula (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Don A. W. Carlson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: JörgS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Don A.W. Carlson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jean-Philippe Vilain, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Don A.W. Carlson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.