Mimosa borealis

Fragrant Mimosa is a deciduous, small shrub, 3 by 3 feet, with somewhat zigzag, rigid branches with small, delicate pinnately compound leaves. The soft pink puffballs are a contrast to the sneaky, strongly recurved thorns up and down the branches.

An excellent plant for a xeriscape garden, Fragrant Mimosa can be planted in a garden with a desert theme, in rocky, sunny areas or as a backdrop. It will also tolerate partial shade. It makes a great background shrub.

Similar plants:

• Acacia cavenia, Mimosa caven (Espino Cavan, Roman Cassie)
• Albizia lebbeck, Mimosa lebbeck (Womans tongue, Siris-tree, Rain tree, East Indian walnut, Kokko, Soros-tree, Raom tree)
• Dichrostachys cinerea, Cailliea glomerata, Dichrostachys glomerata, Dichrostachys nutans, Mimosa cinerea (West African Sickle Bush, Marabou Thorn, Aroma, Kalahari Christmas tree, Chinese lantern tree, Marabou-thorn, Princess Earrings)
• Enterolobium contortisiliquum, Mimosa contortisiliqua (Earpod Tree, Orelha-de-macaco)
• Leucaena leucocephala, Leucaena glauca, Mimosa leucocephala, Acacia leucocephala (Wild Tamarind, Lead Tree)
• Lysiloma latisiliquum, Acacia bahamensis, Acacia formosa, Acacia latisiliqua, Leucaena latisiliqua, Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua, Mimosa latisiliqua (Bahamas Lysiloma, Candelon, False Tamarind, Wild Tamarind)
• Mimosa albida (Mimosa)
• Mimosa dysocarpa (Velvet Pod Mimosa, Gatuno, Velvetpod Catclaw)
• Mimosa pigra (Giant Sensitive Tree)
• Mimosa pudica, Mimosa strigillosa (Sensitive Plant)