North Carolina Wildflowers

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

	Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) Durham Co., NC 13 June 2008 Native to tropical Asia, this introduced species is common in North Carolina in disturbed areas and wooded edges.
	Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) Durham Co., NC 13 June 2008 Silky flowers appear during the summer and attract hummingbirds and many species of insects.
	Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) Durham Co., NC 13 June 2008
	Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) Durham Co., NC 13 June 2008 Leaves are twice-compound with many small leaflets.
	Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) Durham Co., NC 13 June 2008
	Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) Durham Co., NC 13 June 2008 Often planted as ornamentals in yards and businesses, it easily escapes and has become a weedy pest species in NC.
	Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) Durham Co., NC 13 June 2008 Bark is smooth.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.