Mimosa polycarpa var. spegazzinii

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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.


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