Fabaceae
Eastern sensitive plant
Mimosa rupertiana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mimosa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Eastern sensitive plant
Synonyms
- Leptoglottis occidentalis (Wooton & Standl.) Britton & Rose
- Mimosa occidentalis (Wooton & Standl.) B.L.Turner
- Mimosa quadrivalvis var. occidentalis (Wooton & Standl.) Barneby
- Morongia occidentalis Wooton & Standl.
- Schrankia occidentalis (Wooton & Standl.) Standl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.