Littleleaf Greentwig
Brongniartia minutifolia

   
 

Fig. 1. Overview of Littleleaf Greentwig (Brongniartia minutifolia). Fig. 2. Foliage and flower. Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, Centennial Museum, UTEP. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Littleleaf Greentwig, Littleleaf Brongniart
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Brongniartia minutifolia (Brong-nee-ARE-shah mi-new-tih-FOL-ee-uh)
• Family: Fabaceae (Legume Family)
• Geographic Range: Uncommon in Big Bend National Park, Texas, and Chihuahua, Mexico.
• Plant Form: Shrub, 3' H x 3' W or more.
• Remarks: Graceful, thin-stemmed shrub displaying long delicate, pinnately compound, yellow-green leaves with numerous tiny leaflets. The scattered, solitary, half-inch classic pea-shaped flowers are yellow, sometimes tinged with green, appear in summer, and are followed by short flattened legumes. Full sun, low water, good drainage. Moderately hardy.

Last Update: 15 Apr 2006