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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Sensitive Plants
  8. Mimosa quadrivalvis
  9. Kairn's Sensitive Briar

species 90 observations

Kairn's Sensitive Briar

Mimosa latidens

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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9 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Mimosa Yellow, Mimosa Skipper, Gray Hairstreak, White-marked Tussock Moth 6
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Glassy-winged Sharpshooter 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Southern Plains Bumble Bee, Ligated Furrow Bee 2

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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