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desert mimosa
Mimosa zygophylla
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
catclaw mimosaMimosa aculeaticarpa
pink mimosaMimosa borealis
Texas MimosaMimosa texana
pink fairy-dusterCalliandra eriophylla
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 90 |
|---|---|
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | 36 |
| San Luis Potosi | 32 |
| United States | 31 |
| Texas | 31 |
| Nuevo Leon | 8 |
| Queretaro de Arteaga | 8 |
| Durango | 3 |
| Zacatecas | 2 |
| Guanajuato | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | Sensitive Plants · Mimosa |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise desert mimosa with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.