Prosopis pubescens, Screwbean Mesquite Lavender Creeping Barberry

Creeping Barberry

A South Australian native that is a dense tall shrub

An evergreen succulent that stays low to the ground

Tongva - wilakal

Prosopis pubescens, Screwbean Mesquite Lavender Creeping BarberryProsopis pubescens, Screwbean Mesquite A small tree that grows fast, up to 33 feet tall and 20 feet wide. The yellow flowers bloom in spring and winter. It is deciduous in the winter. This plant has tightly twisted legumes (seedpods) which very much resemble turned screws. Plant with: Use with other Desert trees and shrubs such as Desert Agave (Agave deserti), Elephant Tree (Bursera microphylla), Desert Lavender (Condea emoryi), Brittlebush (Encelia