Mimosa asperata
Mimosa asperata
Botanical Name
Common Name(s)
- Berlandier's mimosa
Legume Clades
Native Geographic Range
- Southwestern North America
- Central America
IUCN Status
LC (Least concern)
See IUCN Red List Assessment Growth Form
shrub
Cultivation Status in AZ
Uniquely cultivated by DELEP
Description
Cold-deciduous shrubs to 6.5 ft (2 m) or more high with smooth, reddish brown bark. The twigs are armed with stiff prickles. Leaves are bipinnate with 4--6 pairs of pinnae. The leaf axis is often armed with prickles. Each pinna has 20--33 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets of this species rapidly fold together if touched. The flowers are pink and are produced in spherical inflorescences that appear primarily during the summer.
Habitat
Widespread in tropical regions of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, and in southern Texas where the plants often occur on floodplains, banks of ponds and rivers, and other moist sites.
Uses
None reported.
Horticulture
Not recommended for cultivation. The stems freeze back with average winter temperatures in Tucson.