Saw this neat flower (plus bee!) on a walk!
Any idea what kind of flower this may be?
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Mimosa tree, a tree in the pea family. Invasive in much of north america.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albizia_julibrissin
Thank you!
Yep and if you lick those little spines with drops on them you get drunk real fast.
Looks like Albizia julibrissin
Thank you! Learned something new today
The seeds of these can easily be sown after the winter, first place them in water for 3 days, then put them in the ground. After 2 weeks they come up, watch out for birds and rodents.
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Mimosa. Beautiful trees, even though they're invasive. One of my favorite flowers. That's a lovely photo!
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If you like the look, you can get a small one as a house plant. Mimosa pudica, they're really fun to grow but very finicky
There is one on my street (North Texas) - they look so good when flowering!
Nice! Saw on the Wikipedia page they are all over the bottom half of the US