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Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera

Wait-a-minute Bush; Catclaw Mimosa; Catclaw

Inflorescences and foliage of Mimosa aculeaticarpa biuncifera, in Cottonwood, Arizona

Inflorescences and foliage, the lower inflorescences all past their prime.
Cottonwood: In Silver Spring Gulch between Main Street and 12th Street
at ca. 3360 feet elevation.

13 June 2007.

 

Flowering branches of Mimosa aculeaticarpa biuncifera, in Cottonwood, Arizona

Flowering branches, with pen amongst them to show scale.
Same shrub shown in prior image.

13 June 2007.

 

Flowering branches of Mimosa aculeaticarpa biuncifera, in Cottonwood, Arizona

Flowering branches.
On the upper part of the same shrub as in prior images.

13 June 2007.

 

Habit of Mimosa aculeaticarpa biuncifera, in Cottonwood, Arizona

Habit, in bloom, at center of image.
Same shrub as in prior images.

13 June 2007.

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.

This page created 13 June 2007.

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