Common Name: Persian Silk Tree

Other Name: Mimosa

Species Name: Albizia julibrissin Durazzini

Family Name: Fabaceae

Plant Type: Trees

 

 

 

 

ID Characteristics

• Field Identification Characteristics

  Escaped non-native ornamental now naturalized

• Leaf and Stem Characteristics
  • Plant Height: 8-inch diameter, 30-foot height
  • Leaves: Decidious Broadleaf
  • Leaf Type: Bipinnately Compound
  • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
  • Leaf Shape: Fern-like or feathery
  • Stipules: Yes
• Floral Characteristics
  • Petals: Fragrant pompom-like clusters of silky threads
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Flower Timing: Continuous through summer
  • Fruit Type: Oblong pod encapsulating bean-like seeds