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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimosa microphylla   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



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).

image of Mimosa microphylla, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar, Eastern Sensitive-briar

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

image of Mimosa microphylla, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar, Eastern Sensitive-briar

JK Marlow    jkm180716_3414

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Mimosa microphylla, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar, Eastern Sensitive-briar

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.


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image of Mimosa microphylla, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar, Eastern Sensitive-briar

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

 

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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

 

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