Mimosa microphylla Dryander. Eastern Sensitive-briar. Phen: Jun-Sep; Aug-Nov. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and forests, dry disturbed areas. Dist: DE, WV, and KY south to s. FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: A form with smaller fruits (3-5 cm long vs. 5-12 cm long) has been variously treated as a species [Leptoglottis chapmanii, Schrankia chapmanii] or a "recurrent fruit-form genotype" [phase brachycarpa of Isely (1973)]. This needs additional investigation.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K1, K3, K4, Tn, Va, Weakley & Flores-Cruz (2017) in Weakley et al (2017); = Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. angustata (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby – C, Fl3, WH3, Barneby (1991), Isely (1998); = Schrankia microphylla (Dryand.) J.F.Macbr. – F, G, RAB, Tx, W; = Schrankia microphylla (Dryand.) J.F.Macbr. var. microphylla – SE3; > Leptoglottis chapmanii Small ex Britton & Rose – S; > Leptoglottis microphylla (Dryand.) Britton & Rose – S; > Mimosa microphylla Dryand.; > Morongia angustata (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton – S13; > Morongia uncinata (Willd.) Britton – S13; > Schrankia chapmanii (Small ex Britton & Rose) F.G.Hermann; > Schrankia microphylla (Dryand.) J.F.Macbr. – Isely (1973); > Schrankia uncinata Willd.
Links to other floras: = Mimosa microphylla - FNA11.1
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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