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Mimosa quadrivalvis
Mimosa quadrivalvis, known as fourvalve mimosa, sensitive briar and cat's claw, is a trailing vine native to North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It is known as sensitive briar because the leaves fold when they are touched or disturbed.
8 branches of this group, most-observed first
littleleaf sensitive-briar
speciesMimosa microphylla
Catclaw Briar
speciesMimosa nuttallii
Fourvalve Mimosa
speciesMimosa quadrivalvis
Florida Sensitive Briar
speciesMimosa floridana
Roemer's sensitive briar
speciesMimosa roemeriana
Porcupine Mimosa
speciesMimosa hystricina
Kairn's Sensitive Briar
speciesMimosa latidens
Mimosa rupertiana
speciesMimosa rupertiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1667223.