Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimosa floridana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. floridana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomic Significance of Leaflet Anatomy in Mimosa Series Quadrivalves (Flores-Cruz et al., 2004)
Mimosa floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Schrankia microphylla var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leptoglottis floridana
COMMON NAME:
Florida Sensitive-briar, Powderpuff Mimosa
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Keith Bradley kab_mimosa_quadrivalvis
October Polk County FL
Distinct from M. quadrivalvis: nomenclatural adjustments are forthcoming, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimosa floridana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. floridana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomic Significance of Leaflet Anatomy in Mimosa Series Quadrivalves (Flores-Cruz et al., 2004)
Mimosa floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Schrankia microphylla var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leptoglottis floridana
933
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric longleaf pine sandhills and other dry, sandy habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with prickles
LEAVES:
2-pinnately compound
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink (with pink filaments)
5-parted calyx
Usually 10 long-exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p085
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p201
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".