Schott's Wattle (Vachellia schottii)
Left: Mature and developing inflorescences, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Right: Mature and
developing inflorescences, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.
Left: Closer view of mature and developing inflorescences with immature pod, Chihuahuan Desert
Gardens. Right: Foliage and mature pods, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Photographs by Wynn
Anderson.
- Common English Names: Schott's Wattle
- Common Spanish Names: None known
- Scientific Name: Vachellia schottii (Vah-KELL-lee-uh SHOT-tee-eye)
- Family: Fabaceae (Legume Family)
- Geographic Range: Endemic to extreme southern Brewster and Presidio Counties,
Trans-Pecos Texas, and adjacent Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Plant Form: Woody shrub, 2 to 4' tall.
- Landscape Use: None
- Remarks: Globular yellow flowering heads in summer produce thin curling
legumes with dark glands. Normally a thorny shrub with small, thin, linear leaflets on 1-2 pairs of
pinnae. Locally restricted to slopes, plains and washes in gypseous clay soils derived from silty,
cream to tan colored Cretaceous limestone.
Last Update: 19 Aug 2013
