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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Albizia julibrissin

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Albizia julibrissin

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Albizia julibrissin

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-01-001:

Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Albizzia julibrissin

 

COMMON NAME:
Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia


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image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_alju_001_lvd

        

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm0306h_07

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm120626_295

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves evenly bipinnate, glandular, with 6-24 approx opposite pinnae, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm160624_087

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm190601_8842

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm190608_9058

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm190608_9059

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaflets strikingly asymmetric, 20-40 per pinna, sessile. Tree unarmed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm200618_5921

June    Greenville County    SC

Becoming a serious weed, "literally almost everywhere in the Dixie south", per Weakley's Flora.

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm200618_5927

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_albizia_julibrissin_6

June        

Stamens so prominent that close inspection necessary to see calyx & corolla, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

Ben Geer Keys    bgk46_a

June?        

Pompom-like flowers are bright pink with white bases, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm0407y_23

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm180731_3626

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm210819_2920

August    Greenville County    SC

Legume pods are flat with bulging seeds, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm090904_001

September    Greenville County    SC

Bark gray, thin, smooth, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

Paul Thompson    pstalbizzia_julibrissin

September?        

The base of the petiole is swollen. — Clemson Extension


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE bipinnately or tripinnately compound leaves of trees

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm111016_038

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm111016_042

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

JK Marlow    jkm151105_058

November    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Albizia julibrissin

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Albizia julibrissin

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Albizia julibrissin

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-01-001:
Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Albizzia julibrissin

 

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Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlots, escaped and persistent in forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: warm-temperate and subtropical Asia

Common

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Evenly 2-pinnately compound: 6-24 pinnae, each with 20-40 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink (with white bases)
5-parted calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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