Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Trees ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Tenaza, Apes-Earring, Huajillo, Guajilla, Mimosa bush (Havardia pallens), Mimosaceae Family, Texas native, evergreen, small tree or shrub, blooms May through August

This evergreen large shrub or small tree is native to Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy Counties and the coastal parts of the Rio Grande Plains; however, is also cultivated in other counties in Southwest Texas. Although it is found naturally by stream edges or near water holes, it adapts to dry locations as well and has a high heat tolerance.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/60169/index.html

These hotos do not do justice to the true beauty of the plant.