Mimosa grahamii
Mimosa grahamii
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Mimosa grahamii is native to areas of low rainfall in southwest USA and northern Mexico. It is unlikely to experience more than occasional light frosts.
Propagation
Like many species within the family Fabaceae, once they have ripened and dried the seeds of this species may benefit from scarification before sowing in order to speed up and improve germination. This can usually be done by pouring a small amount of nearly boiling water on the seeds (being careful not to cook them!) and then soaking them for 12 - 24 hours in warm water. By this time they should have imbibed moisture and swollen - if they have not, then carefully make a nick in the seedcoat (being careful not to damage the embryo) and soak for a further 12 hours before sowing[PFAF]. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Mimosa+grahamii>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Olneya Beans. A Native Food Product of the Arizona Desert, Worthy of Domestication — Cook O.F. · 1919 ↩︎A detailed study of Olneya tesota and its possibility as a cultivated food crop
- [2]Protein Quality and Antinutritional Factors of Wild Legume Seeds from the Sonoran Desert — Vázquez-Moreno L. & Robles-Burgueňo M.R. · 1996 ↩︎
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎