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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmanthus illinoensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Illinois Bundleflower from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmanthus illinoensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmanthus illinoensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-03-001:
Desmanthus illinoensis FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acuan illinoense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux
Mimosa illinoensis
COMMON NAME:
Illinois Bundleflower, Prairie Mimosa, Common Bundleflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_acil2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_illinoensis_8
August
Lvs similar to Mimosa microphylla, but plants erect, flwrs whitish, smaller, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Desmanthus illinoensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Desmanthus illinoensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Desmanthus illinoensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-03-001:
Desmanthus illinoensis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acuan illinoense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Mimosa illinoensis
3618
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, open woodlands, barrens, marsh edges, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed
LEAVES:
Evenly 2-pinnately compound: 6-16 pinnae, each with 20-30 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White (with white filaments)
Flower heads have long peduncles; flowers are sessile.
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual or the lowest staminate
Flower heads solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p027
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p132
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p170
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