Mimosa albida Willd.

Mimosa manzanilloana Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1: 326. 1895
A shrub, 1.5 m. high, the twigs glabrous, more or less prickly. Pinnae 1 pair; leaflets
2 pairs, but the lower inner one much reduced and sometimes wanting, the others oblong,
2-2.5 cm. long, acute, glabrous above, bearing a few appressed bristles beneath and on the
margin; inflorescence a terminal raceme of small heads; stamens 4 or 5; peduncles 1-1.5 cm.

Mimosa albida H. & B.; Wilid. Sp. PI. 4: 1030. 1806
Mimosa strigosa Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1030. 1806.
Mimosa fioribunda Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1031. 1806.
Mimosa racetnosa Schl. Linnaea 12: 557. 1838.
Mimosa albida fioribunda B. L. Robinson. Proc. Am. Acad. 33: 311. 1898.
Mimosa albida strigosa B. L. Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 33: 311. 1898.
Mimosa albida euryphylla B. L. Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 33: 311. 1898.
Mimosa albida glabrior B. L. Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 33: 311. 1898.
A shrub, 1-3 m. high, the twigs pubescent and prickly. Pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 2 pairs, the lower inner one much reduced, the others more or less oblique, lanceolate to oblong, acute or obtuse, usually mucronate, 3-8 cm. long, densely pubescent on both sides, or glabrate above; flowers pinkish, capitate, the heads axillary, or in terminal racemes; peduncles 1-3 cm. long; stamens as many as the corolla-lobes; legume linear-oblong, 1-3 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, nearly sessile, the valves strigose, the margins more or less bristly.
Type locality: Peru.
Distribution: San Luis Potosi and Tepic to Costa Rica, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil.