Index / Search / Mimosa microphylla
§1 Plant
Mimosa microphylla Dryand.
vernacular littleleaf sensitive-briar — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Mimosa
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 321 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 321 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Carroll 13045
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Gilmer 13123
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Rabun 13241
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Talbot 13263
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Turner 13287
- White 13311
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Itawamba 28057
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
North Carolina view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Chester 47023
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MIMI22 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2969669 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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