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Touch-me-not or Sensitive Plant

Mimosa pudica

Photo by Atul
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Field Notes

Description:

As the name suggests when touched these compound leaves fold and close.The leaves also close during night time and reopen in the morning.It has pink color flowers which look like powder puffs.these flowers are pollinated by insects such as bees and also wind.

Notes:

got plenty of them growing in my backyard.

Species ID Suggestions

Mimosa Pudica

Comments (5)

we find a lot of these in our part of India too. thanks for the complement..
not just similar....the same. this plant is native to central america where I live. However your fotos are astonishing compared to mine. Great job!
thanks Textless the flowers are beautiful indeed
Love the color of the flowers... nice pictures!
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2011

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