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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF4 947 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Mimosa strigillosa, also known as sunshine mimosa and powderpuff, is a perennial ground cover in the family Fabaceae that is native to nearly all US states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and grows north into Georgia and Arkansas as well. The name powderpuff refers to the small spherical flowers that rise above the plant's creeping vines. Like related species in the genus Mimosa, sunshine mimosa has sensitive leaves that can fold in a matter of seconds after being disturbed. Because of sunshine mimosa's mat forming nature, drought tolerance, and because like many legumes it is capable of nitrogen fixation and thus doesn't need fertilizer it has become recommended as a replacement for turf grasses for the purposes of xeriscaping and lowering environmental impact. The plant is also recommended as a turfgrass replacement because of its ability to withstand some foot traffic and mowing, It is capable of spreading rapidly and as few as four or five pots may cover 300 square feet in a single growing season. Some may find it problematic that the plant is a host for the larva of little sulphur (Eurema lisa) butterflies. Because of sunshine mimosa's general usefulness as a landscaping plant it was named one of the 2008 plants of the year by the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Mimosa strigillosa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL2
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 947 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 497
Museum / vouchered449
Other1
Origin
Native3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 876 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 973≤1 km 508≤10 km 139>10 km 218
3 838 georeferenced · 659 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 497
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 29≤1 km 29≤10 km 53>10 km 16
127 georeferenced · 322 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence449
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions42 of 66 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
61
Austin, US
42
Tampa, US
41
Fort Worth, US
31
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
31
San Isidro, AR
16
Jackson, US
16
US
15
Wuzhou, CN
14
Durango, MX
14
Saint Louis, US
10
Mississippi State, US
10
Fayetteville, US
8
Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record
8
EL PASO, US
7
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
6
Knoxville, US
6
Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record
6
Mount Berry, US
6
Bangkok, TH
6
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
6
Bloomington, US
4
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
4
Corrientes, AR
4
Burlington, US
4
Edmonton, CA
4
Miami, US
4
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
3
Claremont, US
3
CJBGlocation not on record
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
3
Flagstaff, US
3
Boise, US
3
UFMSlocation not on record
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
GAlocation not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Phoenix, US
2
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
2
Castelar, AR
2
Emporia, US
2
Chicago, US
1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
1
Clemson, US
1
Lubbock, US
1
Columbia, US
1
Millersville, US
1
Riverside, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Cenargenlocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record
1
BAlocation not on record
1
Brasília, BR
1
Austin, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
UNICAMPlocation not on record
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Mérida, MX
1
GB
1
Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record
1
Long Beach, US
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
66 institutions · 446 of 449 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
