Fabaceae

Fourvalve mimosa

Mimosa quadrivalvis L.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Mimosa

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Fourvalve mimosa: 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: Fourvalve mimosa

Synonyms

Leptoglottis quadrivalvis (L.) Britton & Rose
Morongia aculeata A.Heller
Schrankia aculeata Willd.
Schrankia quadrivalvis (L.) Merr.

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brucewinter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brucewinter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brucewinter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brucewinter, 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.