Acacia redolens prostrate acacia, bank catclaw

Acacia redolens in Lathrop Park, opposite 820 Lathrop Drive. Sairus Patel, 21 Feb 2018

A dense groundcover acacia with gray- or blue-tinged phyllodes and puffy yellow flowers in spring, redolent of vanilla pudding. The oldest campus plantings are on the steep embankment of the Mayfield Avenue median near 753, and on the banks of Lathrop Park, for example opposite 822 Lathrop Drive, where it can reach about 5 feet high. It also grows on the east side of Campus Drive, just north of Santa Teresa Street. The newest planting, from 2024, is along Campus Drive at the Castaño parking lot.