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Fragrant mimosa

Mimosa borealis

Also called Pink Mimosa

Fragrant mimosa
Photo: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
WC. & C. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Mimosa borealis, the fragrant mimosa or pink mimosa, is a plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found from Oklahoma to Kansas and south-eastern Colorado, south through central and western Texas and New Mexico to Mexico. The habitat consists of rocky hills, canyons and brushy areas. The plant has a height around 3 feet (90 cm). The flowering phase of the plant is between spring to summer.

Other Mimosa plants

Catclaw mimosa · Mimosa andina · Mimosa caesalpiniifolia · Giant false sensitive plant · Mimosa disperma · Mimosa hamata · Creeping Sensitive Plant · Mimosa loxensis · Sensitivebriar · Mimosa nothacacia · Nuttall's sensitive-briar · Mimosa ophthalmocentra

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mimosa borealis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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