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Learn more about Mimosa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Albizia julibrissin
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Albizia julibrissin
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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)
Albizzia julibrissin
COMMON NAME:
Mimosa, Silktree
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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.
JK Marlow jkm190608_9059
June Greenville County SC
Leaflets strikingly asymmetric, 20-40 per pinna, sessile. Tree unarmed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaflets of Mimosa-like leaves
JK Marlow jkm200618_5921
June Greenville County SC
Becoming a serious weed, "literally almost everywhere in the Dixie south", per Weakley's Flora.
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.
Ben Geer Keys bgk46_a
June?
Pompom-like flowers are bright pink with white bases, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
JK Marlow jkm090904_001
September Greenville County SC
Bark gray, thin, smooth, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
Paul Thompson pstalbizzia_julibrissin
September?
The base of the petiole is swollen. Clemson Extension
COMPARE
bipinnately or tripinnately compound leaves of trees
JK Marlow jkm111016_040
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Legume pods are flat with bulging seeds, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.