Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Mimosa borealis
Mimosa borealis A. Gray
Fragrant Mimosa, Pink Mimosa
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
USDA Symbol: MIBO2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Mimosa borealis
Pink Mimosa
Fabaceae
Location: Upper Balcones Rd., 30 m NE of creek, 6.3 km SW of IH 10 & Hwy 46, outside of city of Boerne.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Roadside, full sun in fence line. Gravelly soil; some bunch grass. One single plant at this site.
Description: Small deciduous shrub with prickles along stems. Rose-pink globular flowers about 18 mm across crowding ends of arching branches. Stems striated. Leaves compound twice with leaflets minute. Fragrant.
County: Kendall
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: Apr. 11, 1992
Specimen number: 159
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0506
Accession Date: Aug. 24, 1993
Accession Number: 39
Annotations: SCX-K
Fragrant