Fabaceae
Schaffner's wattle
Vachellia schaffneri
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Vachellia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Schaffner's wattle
- Persian
- اقاقیا اسچافنری
Synonyms
- Acacia schaffneri (S.Watson) F.J.Herm.
- Acacia schaffneri var. schaffneri
- Acacia subtortuosa Shafer
- Pithecellobium schaffneri S.Watson
- Poponax schaffneri (S.Watson) Britton & Rose
- Samanea schaffneri (S.Watson) J.F.Macbr.
Photos

Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don A.W. Carlson, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.