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Mimosa
Family: Fabaceae Liz Makings	Gleason & Cronquist Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Fls perfect or the lower ones staminate; cal very small; cor gamopetalous, funnelform, 5-lobed; stamens mostly 10, with long, slender filaments; fr prickly, oblong to linear, obtusely tetragonal, the sutures (collectively forming a replum) about as wide as the persistent valves and separating from them at maturity; sprawling perennial herbs, armed with numerous stout hooked prickles; lvs bipinnate, sensitive, with small lfls; fls rose-purple, numerous in axillary peduncled heads. Nearly 600, New World. Description here based entirely on the small series Quadrivalves of section Batocaulon, forming the traditional genus Schrankia Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within checklist: Talladega National Forest NEON (TALL) plants - Ozarks Complex (D08) Mimosa aculeaticarpa Map not Available Mimosa arenosa Images not available Map not Available Mimosa asperata Images not available Map not Available Mimosa borealis Images not available Map not Available Mimosa casta Images not available Map not Available Mimosa ceratonia Images not available Map not Available Mimosa decurrens Images not available Map not Available Mimosa diplotricha Images not available Map not Available Mimosa distachya Images not available Map not Available Mimosa dysocarpa Map not Available Mimosa emoryana Images not available Map not Available Mimosa galeottii Images not available Map not Available Mimosa grahamii Map not Available Mimosa hystricina Images not available Map not Available Mimosa invisa Images not available Map not Available Mimosa latidens Images not available Map not Available Mimosa laxiflora Map not Available Mimosa lindheimeri Images not available Map not Available Mimosa malacophylla Images not available Map not Available Mimosa nuttallii Map not Available Mimosa occidentalis Images not available Map not Available Mimosa pellita Images not available Map not Available Mimosa pigra Images not available Map not Available Mimosa pudica Map not Available Mimosa quadrivalvis Map not Available Mimosa rupertiana Images not available Map not Available Mimosa strigillosa Images not available Map not Available Mimosa turneri Images not available Map not Available Mimosa warnockii Images not available Map not Available Mimosa wherryana Images not available Map not Available Mimosa zygophylla Images not available Map not Available