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Mimosa microphylla Dryand.
littleleaf sensitive-briar

       
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Mimosa microphylla Dryand.

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Synonyms:
Mimosa microphylla Dryand.

  LEAN4 Leptoglottis angustisiliqua Britton & Rose
  LECH4 Leptoglottis chapmanii Small ex Britton & Rose
  LEMI8 Leptoglottis microphylla (Dryand.) Britton & Rose
  MIQUA Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. angustata (Torr. & A. Gray) Barneby
  MOAN2 Morongia angustata (Torr. & A. Gray) Britton
  MOMI3 Morongia microphylla (Dryand.) Britton
  MOUN4 Morongia uncinata (Willd.) Britton
  SCAN9 Schrankia angustata Torr. & A. Gray
  SCMI Schrankia microphylla (Dryand.) J.F. Macbr.
  SCUN Schrankia uncinata Willd.
 

Distribution:
Mimosa microphylla Dryand.

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USA (AL, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Mimosa microphylla Dryand.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 25 species in Mimosa
 

Classification:
Mimosa microphylla Dryand.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus Mimosa L. – sensitive plant
Species Mimosa microphylla Dryand. – littleleaf sensitive-briar
 

More Accounts and Images:
Mimosa microphylla Dryand.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507831.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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