Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimosa microphylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimosa microphylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-02-001:
Schrankia microphylla FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leptoglottis microphylla
COMMON NAME:
Littleleaf Sensitive-briar, Eastern Sensitive-briar
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_momi3_001_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm52911_134
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0506q_04
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm120626_280
June Greenville County SC
Leaflets asymmetric, 20-32 per pinna, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120626_282
June Greenville County SC
The tiny flowers are borne in a round, powder-puff-shaped cluster, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190608_9067
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190617_9239
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210610_1175
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Roxanna Martin rlm61210_198
June Spartanburg County SC
The flower heads are pedunculate, globose, and about 2cm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_microphylla
June
Each flower in this head has a small 5-lobed corolla & 10 long pink stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm060704_007
July Pickens County SC
Roadside
Plant typically with numerous prickles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120704_450
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120727_884
July Spartanburg County SC
Fruits are conspicuously prickly, quadrangular, dehiscent legumes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120727_886
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120727_895
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180716_3414
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180731_3622
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6327
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6328
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200703_6334
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Bipinnate leaves with tiny leaflets that close when touched, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
bipinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm230706_4226
July Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimosa microphylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimosa microphylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-02-001:
Schrankia microphylla
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leptoglottis microphylla
1338
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and forests, dry disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Evenly 2-pinnately compound: 6-16 pinnae, each with 20-32 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
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!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p128
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p305
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p373
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p170
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p027
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p120
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p201
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p139
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p174
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p073
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p080
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