Mimosa texana is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is commonly known as Texas Mimosa, Texas Catclaw, or Wherry Mimosa and is endemic to upland regions of Mexico and Texas. This species was once classified as Mimosa biuncifera but it was found that phenotypic variations occurred across its range and a new taxonomy was proposed by Rupert C. Barneby in 1986, splitting the species into Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera and Mimosa texana.

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