Description: Rounded, densely-branched shrub with pink flowers 
Height: 5 to 7 ft. 
Flowers: Pale-pink, solitary or few in axillary clusters (racemes), primarily March with occasional reflowering later 
Fruit: Reddish-brown, flat pods to 1.6 inches long, split open and throw ripe seeds 
Foliage: Alternate, 3 to 5 pairs of dull-green leaflets 
Spines: Unarmed 
Bark: Light to dark-gray, ashen 
Growth Rate: Fast 

Requirements: 
Sun: Partial shade to full sun 
Soil: Loamy, clayey; caliche ridge 
Drainage: Well 
Water: Low, drought tolerant 
Maintenance: None 
Propagation: Seeds 

Native Habitat: Thornforest 

Wildlife Use: 
Seeds - several species of birds and mammals 

Comments: Rare due to habitat loss, little is known about plant