PLANTS Profile for Mimosa borealis (fragrant mimosa)

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PLANTS Profile

Mimosa borealis A. Gray
fragrant mimosa

Symbol:

MIBO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Mimosa borealis A. Gray

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Native Status:
Mimosa borealis A. Gray


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (CO, KS, NM, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Mimosa borealis A. Gray

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 25 species in Mimosa

Classification:
Mimosa borealis A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Mimosa L. – sensitive plant
Species	Mimosa borealis A. Gray – fragrant mimosa

More Accounts and Images:
Mimosa borealis A. Gray

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26783.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 10:31 AM CDT