Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.

Compared to the closely related Parkinsonia microphylla (foothill paloverde), it appears more decumbent in overall form, is taller, and matures more quickly.

[2][4] The plant's beans were used as a food source, and wood for carving ladles, by the indigenous Quechan, Mojave, and Pima people.

[6] The Pima and Tohono Oʼodham both ate the beans when soft and immature and cooked whole; they also ground the ripe seeds into flour to eat as atole or gruel.

[8][9] It offers an unusual green-blue silhouette in gardens, and delicately patterned light shade over patios.