Fabaceae
Littleleaf sensitive-briar
Mimosa microphylla
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mimosa
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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
Photos

Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.