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sunshine mimosa

Mimosa strigillosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 156, February 149, March 169, April 374, May 291, June 200, July 150, August 132, September 190, October 179, November 146, December 141.
Texas5,909
United States4,956
Louisiana1,020
Mississippi193
Arkansas137
Georgia88
Argentina73
Santa Fe62
Alabama37
Mexico13

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusSensitive Plants · Mimosa

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