FIGURE 5. Mimosa rastrera. A in Bolivian Mimosa (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae): three new species and a species checklist

FIGURE 5. Mimosa rastrera. A. Low prostrate habit; B. thickened underground lignotuber and prostrate, functionally herbaceous aboveground sub-shrub; C. shoot, stipules, leaves and elongate erect peduncles with young developing buds and exserted floral bracts. All from M.F. Simon 2128 (UB). Photos by Marcelo Fragomeni Simon.