Mimosa Plant

Member of Liatris family

Blooms August through fall

This is a very beautiful plant. You know fall is just around the corner when these beauties begin to bloom.

This is a perennial that can grow up to 3 feet tall. It begins to bloom at the bottom of its stalk and slowly blooms all the way to the top. Click for a close and at how beautiful each flower is.

Liatris are common in Texas and usually are found in large colonies.

They grow in sandy well-drained soils and are often found along roadsides and wood lines.

Mimosa plant also is called Gayfeather and Button Snakeroot and Prairie Blazing Star. Native Americans used the corms of some liatris to treat snakebite and made teas to treat sore throats.

This plant is highly attractive to late summer butterflies, mostly swallowtails. We found these growing on a hilltop that had been cleared of timber. The beautiful plants were everywhere and there were butterflies all around. Such beautiful works of our LORD.

"Sing unto HIM a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. For the word of the LORD is right; and all HIS works are done in truth."

Psalm33:3-4