Plant Image Gallery: Plant Details

Common Name(s):	Catclaw, Fragrant Mimosa, Mimosa,Fragrant
Species:	Mimosa borealis
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Family:	Fabaceae

Longevity:	Perennial

Origin:	Native
Height:	2 m
Flowers:	April - May
Fruits:	Summer
Description:	A legume with prickly, much-branched stems forming a small shrub on rocky upland sites in the southwestern portion of our region. Fruit may be armed with stout prickles. Flowers are showy, pink and puff-ball shaped. The leaflets have a tendency to ?fold up? when handled. It is sometimes browsed by whitetailed deer and livestock.

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even bi-pinnately compound leaves