Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_desmanthus_pernambucanus
Slender Mimosa
Desmanthus pernambucanus
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About Slender Mimosa
A lightly branched perennial herb or subshrub with twice-pinnate leaves and numerous tiny linear leaflets. A red nectary lies between the lowest pinna pair. Small round heads carry white flowers and projecting stamens. Several narrow, often curved pods grow from each head and contain many gray-brown seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Desmanthus pernambucanus
- Common names
- slender mimosa · virgate mimosa
- Other names
- Desmanthus pernambucanus · slender mimosa · virgate mimosa
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Perennial herb or subshrub to 2.5 m tall; stems sparingly branched or unbranched, weakly ribbed, sparsely puberulent or glabrate.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A lightly branched perennial herb or subshrub with twice-pinnate leaves and numerous tiny linear leaflets. A red nectary lies between the lowest pinna pair. Small round heads carry white flowers and projecting stamens. Several narrow, often curved pods grow from each head and contain many gray-brown seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.