White Wildflower
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Name: Mimosa
aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera Common Name: Catclaw Mimosa, Wait-A-Minute Bush Flower Color: White to pale pink Plant Type: Tree, Shrub, Perennial, Deciduous Height: To 8 feet (2.4 m) tall Date Observed: April 29, 2005 Notes: The ball-like, 5/8 inch (1.6 cm) wide flower heads are on slender stalks that emerge from the leaf axils. The flowers are followed by narrow, flat, 2 inch (5 cm) long, brown seedpods. The leaves are bipinnately compound with numerous tiny leaflets. The branches have curved, claw-like, red-brown thorns. |
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