Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Mimosa nuttallii
Mimosa nuttallii (DC. ex Britton & Rose) B.L. Turner
Nuttall's Sensitive Briar
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: MINU6USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Schrankia nuttallii
Sensitive Brier
Fabaceae
Location: NW corner of Dancer's Image & Royal Orbit, Churchill Estates.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In full sun of dry rocky soil.
Description: Flowers--pink globes. Stem--prickly with tiny thorns. Leaves--compound, close when touched.
County: Bexar
Collector: Judith C. Berry
Collection Date: May 8, 1991
Specimen number: 69
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0175
Accession Date: Jan. 21, 1992
Accession Number: 13
Annotations: SCXXB