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Touch-Me-Not, Sensitive Plant, Adormidera

Mimosa Pudica

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Field Notes

Description:

Pink-ish/ purple-ish, fluffy, cotton-candy-like flowers of about 1 cm (0.4 inches).

Habitat:

Hills overlooking Manila.

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Mimosa pudica

Species ID Suggestions

Touch-Me-Not, Sensitive Plant, Adormidera

Mimosa Pudica

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LarryGraziano
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Comments (8)
Greenisgood
Go to http://www.sensitiveplant.com to order the seeds, kits and book to grow this fun plant indoors year round.
AnnvanWijgerden
Thanks so much for the ID IgCostaNut! ... Of course, it should have been obvious to me :-} - those fun, sensitive leaves were all around! Thanks also Little Rex for the ID tip! :-)
LarryGraziano
These plants have reached just about everywhere. We have them here in Costa Rica in the mountains up to the beaches. My kids love to "make them sleep" when they touch the leaves. They don't like to step on them with bare feet because the always discover this fun plant has thorns!
Little Rex
I have a feeling this is Mimosa sp., not sure what species though.

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Flowers of Oceania
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PublishedNovember 1, 2011

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