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Fabaceae

Littleleaf sensitive-briar

Mimosa microphylla Dryand. ex Sm.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Mimosa

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Littleleaf sensitive-briar: Sensitive brier, also called cat's claw, peeking through grasses and dead leaves at Frenchman's Forest Natural Area. The blossoms dot the pine woods like tiny f
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Littleleaf sensitive-briar

Synonyms

  • Leptoglottis angustisiliqua Britton & Rose
  • Leptoglottis chapmanii Small
  • Leptoglottis intsia (Branner & Coville) Rydb.
  • Leptoglottis microphylla (Dryand. ex Sm.) Britton & Rose
  • Leptoglottis uncinata (Willd.) Rydb.
  • Mimosa horridula Michx.
  • Mimosa intsia Walter
  • Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby
  • Morongia angustata (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton
  • Morongia horridula (Michx.) A.Heller
  • Morongia horridula var. angularis (Chapm.) A.Heller
  • Morongia microphylla (Dryand. ex Sm.) Britton
  • Morongia uncinata (Willd.) Britton
  • Schrankia angustata Torr. & A.Gray
  • Schrankia angustata var. brachycarpa Chapm.
  • Schrankia angustisiliqua (Britton & Rose) F.J.Herm.
  • Schrankia chapmanii (Small) F.J.Herm.
  • Schrankia horridula Chapm.
  • Schrankia horridula var. angularis Chapm.
  • Schrankia intsia Branner & Coville
  • Schrankia microphylla (Dryand. ex Sm.) J.F.Macbr.
  • Schrankia uncinata Willd.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.