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[lightworker]

can any one help identify this plant??? I believed it to be mimosa hostilis but these odd thorns make me suspicious that this is not the case. the plant is beautiful and only one year old and has not flowered yet I hope it will this year so I can have an easier time identifying.

if anyone can tell what this plant is I would be very grateful! (also dont mind the entity in the first photo)

[ONandONandON]

that's likely m. hostilis, i grew one from seed, it was stolen, but it had thorns like that.

[bosqueberg]

looks right. mine has thorns too, maybe smaller

[Bach]

Those leafllets are waaay to big and the thorns are too long as well. Imma gonna have to disagree and say that doesn't look like M. hostilis at all.

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[lightworker]

Those leafllets are waaay to big and the thorns are too long as well. Imma gonna have to disagree and say that doesn't look like M. hostilis at all.

any idea what the species might be?? Im pretty sold that its not m. hostilis but I really am curious about the plant.

[arborescent]

The young growth on this plant doesn't look very similar to the wikipedia image of M. hostilis either.
Yours seems to be more woody and smooth, with larger thorns and the leaves look a bit different too but that's harder to say.

[ONandONandON]

i thought those thorns looked odd, good call Bach..

Ok maybe a honey locust...


https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/149551/

[Shamichael]

My first thought was honey locust, but I wanted to let others chime in because I am not all that familiar with mimosas.

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