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.