Catclaw

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 Scientific Name: Mimosa aculeaticarpa

Common Name: Catclaw Mimosa

Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae Family

Duration: Perennial, deciduous

Size: To 8 ft

Growth Form: Shrub or small tree.

Flower Color: White or whitish or pinkish; fuzzy-flowers in globose clusters; fruit is a legume, curved or straight, pods constricted between seeds.

Flowering Season: May to August.

Threatened/Endangered Information: No  data available.

Comments: Straggling, thicket-forming, stems slender.