leaflets of mimosa fold when touched because of hard frost.
leaflets of mimosa fold when touched because of hard frost.
why do leaflets of mimosa fold when touched?
hard frost
mimosa pudica









































mimosa pudica (from "shy, bashful or shrinking"; also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, action plant, dormilones, touch-me-not, shameplant, zombie plant, or shy plant) is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family fabaceae and magnoliopsida taxon, often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, defending themselves from harm, and re-open a few minutes later. in the uk it has gained the royal horticultural society's award of garden merit.
mimosa pudica
bullet::::- "mimosa hamata"









































bullet::::- "mimosa hystricina"









































bullet::::- "mimosa invisa"









































bullet::::- "mimosa latidens"









































bullet::::- "mimosa laxiflora"









































bullet::::- "mimosa loxensis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa malacophylla"









































bullet::::- "mimosa microphylla"









































bullet::::- "mimosa nothacacia"









































bullet::::- "mimosa nuttallii"









































bullet::::- "mimosa ophthalmocentra"









































bullet::::- "mimosa pellita"









































bullet::::- "mimosa pigra"









































bullet::::- "mimosa polycarpa"









































bullet::::- "mimosa pudica"









































bullet::::- "mimosa quadrivalvis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa quadrivalvis" var. "hystricina"









































bullet::::- "mimosa quadrivalvis" var. "quadrivalvis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa roemeriana"









































bullet::::- "mimosa rubicaulis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa rupertiana"









































bullet::::- "mimosa scabrella"









































bullet::::- "mimosa schomburgkii"









































bullet::::- "mimosa somnians"









































bullet::::- "mimosa strigillosa"









































bullet::::- "mimosa tenuiflora" (= "mimosa hostilis")









































bullet::::- "mimosa texana"









































bullet::::- "mimosa townsendii"









































bullet::::- "mimosa turneri"









































bullet::::- "mimosa verrucosa"









































section::::uses.
mimosa