Fabaceae
Tropical puff
Neptunia pubescens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Neptunia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 毛水含羞, 毛水含羞草
- English
- Tropical puff
- Japanese
- オカミズオジギソウ
Synonyms
- Acacia insularis A.Rich.
- Neptunia floridana Small
- Neptunia lindheimeri B.L.Rob.
- Neptunia mazatlana Britton & Rose
- Neptunia pubescens var. floridana (Small) B.L.Turner
- Neptunia pubescens var. lindheimeri (B.L.Rob.) B.L.Turner
- Neptunia pubescens var. pubescens
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- 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 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chet Burrier, CC BY 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.