mimosa Fabaceae Albizia julibrissin

Leaf:Alternate, bi-pinnately compound and very feathery, 10-20 inches long. Each leaflet is narrow and small, approximately 3/8 inch long.
Flower:Species is monoecious; very showy, occurring in rounded pink fluffy heads; individual flowers are small with long pink (1+ inch long) stamens; appearing in mid- to late summer.
Fruit:A flattened pod, 5-6 inches long, gray-brown when mature, containing several hard seeds.
Twig:Medium textured, zigzag, green-brown to gray-brown in color, with numerous lenticels; buds are few-scaled, small and rounded.
Bark:Smooth and gray-brown, even on larger stems.
Form:Small tree which branches low and quickly spreads into a wide V-shaped crown, especially when open-grown. Quickly develops a flat top and can reach 30 feet in height.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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