Plants Profile for Mimosa diplotricha (giant false sensitive plant)

General Information
Symbol:	MIDI8
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Vine
Native Status:	HI I PB I PR I
Other Common Names:	mechiuaiu (Palau)
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
MIIN80	Mimosa invisa Mart., non Mart. ex Colla

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Mimosa L. – sensitive plant
Species	Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright – giant false sensitive plant

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
United States: Noxious weed Mimosa invisa giant sensitive plant Noxious weed
Alabama Mimosa invisa giant sensitive plant Class A noxious weed
California Mimosa invisa giant sensitive plant Quarantine
Florida Mimosa invisa giant sensitive plant Noxious weed
Hawaii giant sensitiveplant Noxious weed giant sensitiveplant Noxious weed
Massachusetts Prohibited giant sensitive plant Prohibited
Minnesota Mimosa invisa giant sensitive plant Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina Mimosa invisa giant false sensitive plant Class A noxious weed
Oregon Mimosa invisa giant sensitive plant Quarantine
South Carolina Mimosa invisa giant sensitiveplant Plant pest
Vermont Mimosa invisa giant sensitive plant Class A noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Mimosa diplotricha giant sensitiveplant giant false sensitive plant giant sensitive plant Mimosa invisa giant false sensitive plant giant sensitive plant This plant and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
US	USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). 2012. Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ. Washington, DC.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FAC
Hawaii	FAC