Fabaceae
Catclaw mimosa
Mimosa aculeaticarpa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mimosa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Catclaw mimosa
Synonyms
- Acacia acanthocarpa Willd.
- Acacia acanthocarpa var. uncinella (Poir.) DC.
- Acacia acanthophora Steud.
- Acacia aculeaticarpa Lag.
- Acacia brachyacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Acacia uncinella Desf.
- Mimosa acanthocarpa (Willd.) Poir.
- Mimosa acanthocarpa var. desmanthocarpa B.L.Rob.
- Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. desmanthocarpa (B.L.Rob.) J.F.Macbr.
- Mimosa arida Benth.
- Mimosa brachyacantha Poir.
- Mimosa moreliensis (Britton) Bullock
- Mimosa uncinella Poir.
- Mimosopsis aculeaticarpa (Ortega) Britton & Rose
- Mimosopsis desmanthocarpa (B.L.Rob.) Britton & Rose
- Mimosopsis moreliensis Britton
- Mimosopsis orizabensis Britton
Flowers
- In flower
- April to August (from 229 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Blake Bringhurst, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: samlutfy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mauricio Calderón Cadena, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tierra Despierta, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: David Robbins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, 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.