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| Mimosa Vine (Sensitive Vine) |
| Scientific
Name - Mimosa strigillosa Torr. & Gray |
Family
- Leguminosae |
| Perennial herb with prostrate,
creeping stems. Stems with many stiff, somewhat appressed
hairs. Leaves twice divided with four to six pairs of
branches (pinnae) each with ten to fifteen pairs of leaflets.
Flowers pink, in ball-shaped heads at the it of long stalks.
Reproduces by seed and stem fragments. Occurs in turf,
along streams and in hammocks. Found from Georgia and
Florida west to Oklahoma and Texas. Also found in Mexico
and South America. |
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