Index / Search / Mimosa nuttallii
§1 Plant
Mimosa nuttallii (DC. ex Britton & Rose) B.L. Turner
vernacular Nuttall's sensitive-briar — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Mimosa
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 448 counties across 17 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 448 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Hempstead 05057
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 103 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Louisiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- De Soto 22031
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 81 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Boone 31011
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Dawson 31047
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Gosper 31073
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lincoln 31111
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sherman 31163
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Atoka 40005
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Coal 40029
- Comanche 40031
- Craig 40035
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Ellis 40045
- Garfield 40047
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Hughes 40063
- Jackson 40065
- Jefferson 40067
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Lincoln 40081
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- McIntosh 40091
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Noble 40103
- Okfuskee 40107
- Oklahoma 40109
- Okmulgee 40111
- Osage 40113
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Pushmataha 40127
- Roger Mills 40129
- Sequoyah 40135
- Stephens 40137
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 78 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Archer 48009
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Caldwell 48055
- Callahan 48059
- Carson 48065
- Cass 48067
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Coleman 48083
- Collingsworth 48087
- Comanche 48093
- Cooke 48097
- Dallam 48111
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Donley 48129
- Eastland 48133
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Foard 48155
- Freestone 48161
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hardeman 48197
- Harrison 48203
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Houston 48225
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jackson 48239
- Jefferson 48245
- Jones 48253
- Lamar 48277
- Lampasas 48281
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- McCulloch 48307
- Mills 48333
- Montague 48337
- Morris 48343
- Navarro 48349
- Newton 48351
- Nolan 48353
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Potter 48375
- Randall 48381
- Red River 48387
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Runnels 48399
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- Shackelford 48417
- Smith 48423
- Somervell 48425
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Van Zandt 48467
- Washington 48477
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Wood 48499
- Young 48503
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MINU6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2969750 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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