Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)
Host plant for the little sulphur (Eurema lisa) butterfly. (Fl Wildflower Foundation) Open, disturbed areas. Typically fairly moist but tolerates dry soils after establishment. USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures. Needs substantial water during establishment, then relatively drought tolerant.
Sunshine mimosa - Florida Wildflower Foundation
Also known as Powderpuff, Sunshine mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa) is a prostrate, mat-forming perennial wildflower that occurs naturally in open, disturbed areas, along roadsides and, infrequently, in pinelands and forests. It typically blooms spring through summer.
Mimosa strigillosa - Wikipedia
Mimosa strigillosa, also known as sunshine mimosa and powderpuff, is a perennial ground cover in the family Fabaceae that is native to nearly all US states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and grows north into Georgia and Arkansas as well. [1]
Mimosa strigillosa (Sunshine Mimosa) - Gardenia
Mimosa strigillosa (Sunshine Mimosa) is a trailing, mat-forming perennial wildflower with twice pinnately compound, bright green leaves with 3 to 6 pairs of opposite pinnate, and as many as 21 pairs of small leaflets. These leaflets fold when touched, …
Powderpuff Mimosa - Gardening Solutions
Powderpuff mimosa, also known as sunshine mimosa, is a native, low-growing Florida groundcover that is increasingly being used in home and commercial settings. Known scientifically as Mimosa strigillosa, it also attracts butterflies and serves as a host plant for butterfly larvae.
Mimosa strigillosa is a legume whose roots can produce nodules (small knots) in association with nitrogen fixing bacteria, thus adding nitrogen to the soil. The plant’s rapid spread, dense, mat-like habit and deep root system make it a good plant for erosion control. Mimosa is …
Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa) Plant Guide Author: Melinda Brakie, author, USDA NRCS Texas Plant Materials Program Subject: powderpuff, herbaceous mimosa, Mimosa strigillosa is a native warm season perennial legume. Uses include wildlife cover and reclamation. Keywords
Mimosa strigillosa
2024年12月3日 · Powderpuff is native to Florida. It is occasionally found from Orlando north to Tallahassee in open disturbed sites. It flowers in the spring through the summer. View the herbarium specimen image from the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.
A Short Bit on Sunshine Mimosa – Mimosa strigillosa
2017年4月14日 · Mimosa strigillosa is a legume (plant family: Fabaceae) and its roots can produce small knots associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria that in turn, adds nitrogen to the soil. Because this plant spreads fast and forms a thick covering with long taproots that anchor themselves into the soil, it is an excellent choice for erosion control.
Mimosa strigillosa - Native Plant Society of Texas
Blooms March-August. A low groundcover with sprawling, prickly stems, that can reach 100 feet long over time. Like other species of Mimosa, it has tiny, sensitive compound leaves that can fold in a matter of seconds after being disturbed. Tiny flowers occur in, pink, puffy, ball-like clusters.