Species
Sensitive plant
Mimosa pudica
Varieties
2 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
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| Mimosa pudica -BSI-H327600 | — |
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| Mimosa pudicaBSI-FL21737 | — |
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Mimosa pudica is a tropical member of Fabaceae with many small, paired leaflets.
Flowers and foliage
Touch or other stimulation causes the leaves to close and droop rapidly, explaining the sensitive-plant name. Its rounded flower heads contain many individual flowers. The delicate-looking foliage and responsive movement distinguish it within an ornamental seed assortment.
Responsive leaves and rounded heads
Mimosa pudica is the species-labelled seed reference for resellers.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Mimosa pudica
- Common names
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- common sensitive-plant; sensitive; sensitive grass; sensitive plant; sensitive plant
- sensitive grass
- humble plant
- sleepy plant
- sleeping grass
- shy plant
- shameplant
- shame bush
- shame face
- shame lady
- shame weed
- shameful plant
- dead-and-awake
- live-and-die
- mimosa
- action plant
- touch-me-not; sensitive-plant; sensitive-weed; shame bush; shame face; shame lady; shame lady shame; shame weed; shameplant; touch-me-not; wild tantan
- Synonyms
- eburnax pudica; mimosa pudica hispidior
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mimosa
- Species
- Mimosa pudica