Herbarium Specimen Details

Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Tampa. NE foot of Hillsborough River Bridge at W Hillsborough Avenue and N River Boulevard. 27° 55' 0" N 82° 20' 60" W
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector C. vanHoek
Collection Date 28 Jul 1985
Accession Number 187017
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Homestead. Along US 1 between Biscayne Drive and SW 162nd Avenue. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Habitat In burned pineland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. N. Avery 2193
Collection Date 18 Nov 1979
Accession Number 176361
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L. - Determined By: Isely, May 1982
Determination History
Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Subtropical Horticulture Research Station. Block S-1-6.
Description Plants suffruticose; to 1 m high; stems radiating from base, borne at 45 degree elevation; filaments lavender.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector G. N. Avery 1543
Collection Date 28 Jan 1975
Accession Number 121202
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Tampa. 3210 N Rome Avenue. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector C. T. Reed
Collection Date 20 Jul 1963
Accession Number 175681
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : S end of NW 128th Avenue, 2 blocks S of NW 2nd Street.
Habitat Recently cleared field, formerly wetland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector K. A. Bradley 2668
with T. Lodge
Collection Date 23 Dec 2008
Accession Number 281177
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Washington D.C. United States National Arboretum.
Description Suffruticose subshrub, several ft. long with prickly stems; flower heads lavender, leaves sensitive to touch and folding up, also the leaves fold up at night; fresh roots with a strong odor of garlic.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector F. G. Meyer
Collection Date 14 Sep 1966
Accession Number 285243
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Pennsylvania , Chester Co. : Experimental Greenhouse. 40° 17' 60" N 79° 58' 0" W
Description Upright shrub 2 ft. high; filaments RHS Cobalt Violet 634/1.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. E. Peele III
Collection Date 02 Aug 1961
Accession Number 285242
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality USA. Maryland , Prince Georges Co. : 10041 Worrell Avenue, Glenn Dale.
Description Annual here, lax, thorny, sensitive plant; flowers deep pink - used for bedding plant in hot sunny site.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. R. Dudley
Collection Date 25 Aug 1967
Accession Number 285241
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L. - Determined By: C. D. Adams, 1963
Locality Jamaica. Surrey Co. , St. Andrew Par. : University of West Indies Campus in lawns.
Description Common; petals white below to red edged above with center above green; filaments pink above to white below, anthers light yellow; style same as filaments, ovary very light yellow; stems green to reddish; leaves sensitive to touch; rooting from nodes; trailing.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. R. Crosby
with H. A. Hespenheide & W. R. Anderson
Collection Date 10 Jun 1963
Accession Number 97282
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Trinidad & Tobago. Trinidad Aripo Savannah; E of Port-of-Spain. 10° 39' 37" N 61° 30' 31" W
Habitat Tropical grassland and mixed woodland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. W. Long
with K. J. Norstog
Collection Date 01 Oct 1971
Accession Number 139363
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Jamaica. Middlesex Co. , St. Catherine Par. : Rio Cobre Gorge between Spanish Town and Bog Walk; N of Flat Bridge. 17° 49' 36" N 77° 14' 18" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. E. Vagner
Collection Date Apr 1967
Accession Number 83474
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Jamaica. Surrey Co. , Portland Par. : S of Port Antonio on road into John Crow Mountains.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. E. Vagner
Collection Date Apr 1967
Accession Number 83770
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Jamaica. Surrey Co. , Portland Par. : S of Port Antonio on road into John Crow Mountains.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. E. Vagner
Collection Date Apr 1967
Accession Number 83815
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Jamaica. Middlesex Co. , St. Ann Par. : Lydford Post Office. 18° 19' 28" N 77° 8' 49" W
Description Prostrate woody trailing vine; flowers pink to lavender; one of the most common invaders.
Habitat Mined-out bauxite pit.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 1500 to ft
Collector R. A. Howard
with G. R. Proctor
Collection Date 20 Dec 1953
Accession Number 10857
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Mexico. Ca. 55 km E Cordoba Route 150; state Vera Cruz. 21° 30' 4" N 99° 40' 49" W
Habitat Burned over roadise and thorn scrub area.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. W. Long
with D. Burch
Collection Date 24 Mar 1970
Accession Number 130745
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Belize. Stann Creek District: Pelican Beach Hotel, Dangringa. 16° 58' 57" N 88° 13' 52" W
Description Inflorescence pink; leaves very sensitive to touch; frequent.
Habitat Coastal sands; mowed lawn.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. R. Hill
Collection Date 18 Mar 1989
Accession Number 201845
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Mexico. Guerro: Xoch istlahuaca. 19° 17' 13" N 99° 0' 18" W
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. Lopez C.
Collection Date 04 Oct 1985
Accession Number 192953
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Mexico. Vera Cruz: Playa Escondida. 24° 30' 35" N 104° 20' 57" W
Habitat Disturbed roadside along a cow pasture.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector G. Robinson
Collection Date 01 Jul 1983
Accession Number 174620
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Guatemala. CA-1 highway; 10.7 mi. W of Ciulapa.
Habitat Old quarry side and hillside by river; area hilly with red soils, sandy and gravelly.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. Dunn
Collection Date 26 Jul 1978
Accession Number 294759
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Loma Linda N. 14° 4' 60" N 87° 13' 60" W
Habitat Bosque seco subtropical.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 1000 to m
Collector H. J. Ramos
Collection Date 06 Mar 1985
Accession Number 195432
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Mexico. Oaxaca: Comaltepac, Dist. de Choapan. 17° 21' 39" N 95° 55' 20" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. G. Robinson
Collection Date Apr - May 1990
Accession Number 227649
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L. - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1980
Locality Colombia. 5 km S of Bucaramonga, Santander. 1° 4' 31" N 77° 19' 1" W
Habitat On conglomerate rocks.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector F. A. Barkley
Collection Date 14 Jul 1968
Accession Number 107433
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Mexico. Oaxaca: San Juan Palantla. 17° 49' 60" N 96° 23' 0" W
Reproductive State
Collector B. Martinez
with A. De Jesus
Collection Date Nov 1995
Accession Number 216667
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Nicaragua. Puerto Cabezas.
Habitat In thicket at ocean's edge, atop clay seacliff.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. A. Marshall
with D. A. Neill
Collection Date 18 Nov 1973
Accession Number 125891
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Panama. 1 mi. W of airport at Puerto Armuelles. 8° 16' 21" N 82° 51' 40" W
Description Decumbent; inflorescence pink.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. B. Croat
Collection Date 17 Feb 1973
Accession Number 110643
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Mimosa pudica
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mimosa pudica L.
Locality Suriname. Paramaribo; near Landsboederij. 5° 49' 26" N 55° 9' 31" W
Description A low shrub, 30 cm; leaves folding up when touched; capitules pinl to light violet; pod articulate, with reddish brown marginal bristles.
Habitat By ditch on clay.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector K. U. Kramer
with W. H. A. Hekking
Collection Date 28 Nov 1960
Accession Number 82397
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