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Sleeping Grass
Mimosa pudica
21.2902, -157.808
Field Notes
Description:
Ground-creeping herb with feathery, dark-green leaves and red/maroon stems. Leaves are generally an inch or two long and narrow. Flowers are bright-pink puffs similar to a dandelion's seed puff.
Notable for its reaction to touch. In response to being touched, the leaf bodies fold in half laterally, making the plant seem withered or much smaller.
Habitat:
Tropical and subtropical areas, found growing amidst grasses, and very visible against periodically-tended, low-cut grasses.
Notes:
Notable for its reaction to touch. I response to being touched, the leave bodies fold up laterally, in half, making the plant seem withered or much smaller.
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