Mimosa polycarpa var. spegazzinii

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Mimosa polycarpa var. spegazzinii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mimosa spegazzinii, Pirotta. Bush, scandent and much branched, with recurved spines at base of petiole: lvs. sensitive, bipinnate; pinnae 2, from 2-3 in. long; lfts. or pinnules very numerous, sessile and close together, oblong or linear-oblong and acute, 3-nerved: fls. rose- purple, in globular peduncled heads 1 ¼ in. diam., the heads axillary or in a terminal raceme; corolla 4- lobed; filaments rose-red and anthers yellow: pod 1 in. long, linear. Argentina. B.M. 7899. G.W. 2, p. 19. —A good greenhouse shrub; intro. in S. Calif. Var. glauca, Hort., has glaucous foliage and whitish fls. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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