Mimosa malacophylla
Family: Fabaceae
Plant Description: Prickly evergreen vine, woody stems. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, the leaflets 6-15 mm long. Heads 10-15 mm wide, white, globose clusters up to 3/4 inches broad, fragrant. Climb with armed claws.
Plant Trivia: All blooms are spent in a couple of days. Spanish meaning is “little rasp.”
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Found in brush or woods along streams, ravines, and bluffs, mainly in the Nueces River Valley
Bloom Period: May-November
Plant Use: Host plant to Gray Ministreak butterfly
Key to the 6 Mimosa species may be found in Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Lehman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White.
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