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Mimosa texana
Mimosa texana is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is commonly known as Texas Mimosa, Texas Catclaw, or Wherry Mimosa and is endemic to upland regions of Mexico and Texas. This species was once classified as Mimosa biuncifera but it was found that phenotypic variations occurred across its range and a new taxonomy was proposed by Rupert C. Barneby in 1986, splitting the species into Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera and Mimosa texana.
Texas Mimosa is found on alkaline soils in northeastern Mexico and in Texas across the southern Trans-Pecos and Edwards Plateau as well as in south Texas in the vicinity of Zapata and Starr counties. It is uncommon and grows on caliche and gravelly hillsides.
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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.
