Fabaceae
Nuttall's sensitive-briar
Mimosa nuttallii
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mimosa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Nuttall's sensitive-briar, Catclaw briar, Nuttall's sensitive briar, Sensitive briar
Synonyms
- Leptoglottis mimosoides Small
- Leptoglottis nuttallii Raspail
- Mimosa quadrivalvis var. nuttallii (Raspail) Beard ex Barneby
- Schrankia mimosoides (Small) Standl.
- Schrankia nuttallii (Raspail) Standl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wiley.andrew.r, CC0, 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.