Summary ⁴

Mimosa nuttallii, the Nuttall's sensitive-briar, catclaw brier or sensitive brier, is a herbaceous perennial legume in the subfamily Mimosoideae native to the central United States. It has a trailing semiwoody vine covered with small recurved prickles that can be painful to bare skin.

National distribution ⁵

United States

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Glen Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/trombamarina/5992184477/
2. (c) Andy Newman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andy Newman
3. (c) Ron Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/thomas/0062-00-01
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_nuttallii
5. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28989740

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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