Fabaceae
Wild tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Desmanthus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 合欢草, 多枝草合歡, 多枝草合欢
- English
- Wild tantan
- Thai
- ถั่วไมยรา
Synonyms
- Acacia angustisiliqua Desf.
- Acacia depauperata Mart. ex Steud.
- Acacia leptosperma Bello
- Acacia virgata (L.) Gaertn.
- Acuan depressa (Willd.) Kuntze
- Acuan texana Britton & Rose
- Acuan texanum Britton & Rose
- Acuan tracyi Britton & Rose
- Acuan virgata (L.) Medik.
- Acuan virgata var. albiflora Kuntze
- Acuan virgata var. flaviflora Kuntze
- Acuan virgatum (L.) Medik.
- Acuan virgatum var. albiflorum Kuntze
- Acuan virgatum var. flaviflorum Kuntze
- Acuania depressa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kuntze
- Desmanthus depressus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Desmanthus pernambucensis (L.) Thell.
- Desmanthus pratorum Macfad.
- Desmanthus strictus DC.
- Desmanthus tenellus DC.
- Desmanthus virgatus var. depressus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) B.L.Turner
- Desmanthus virgatus var. virgatus
- Mimosa angustisiliqua Lam.
- Mimosa depressa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Poir.
- Mimosa pernambucana Mill.
- Mimosa pernambucensis L.
- Mimosa virgata L.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Btcpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Btcpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.