Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Mimosa pudica L.


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Mimosa pudica L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 518. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

pictures Images of Mimosa pudica


Common names

US name U.S. name: Shameplant
en English name: common sensitive-plant
English name: sensitive-plant
Spanish name: sensitiva
French name: sensitive
German name: Sinnpflanze

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Mimosa pudica L. var. pudica
2) Mimosa pudica L. var. unijuga (Duchass. & Walp.) Griseb.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Mimosa
Species:


Page counter: 3806 ( AVG: 222.15 / 291.279 )



Gallery:

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Seeds at Kahaluu fishpond, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flowering habit at Huelo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flowering habit at Huelo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Leaves open at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
P.H.W.Taubert - Leguminosae (1891) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flowers at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flowers at Kokomo Rd Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Voucher 050419 19 at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Habit at Kiphahulu Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Picture modified from Thomé, Otto Wilhelm - Lehrbuch der Botanik fur Gymnasien, Realschulen, forst- und landwirthschaftliche Lehranstalten, pharmaceutische Institute etc. sowie zum Selbstunterrichte. 2. Auflage. (1872) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
P.H.W.Taubert - Leguminosae (1891) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Habit at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flower leaf at Wahinepee, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flowers at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flower and leaves at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flowers at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
P.H.W.Taubert - Leguminosae (1891) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flower at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Voucher 050419 19 at Mokolii, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Habit at HAVO, Hawaii - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Flower at Kiphahulu Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica
Habit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, HI, MD, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Distributional map for Mimosa pudica L.
Map for Mimosa pudica L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Mimosa pudica L. var. pudica [306]
2) Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. hystricina (Small ex Britton & Rose) Barneby [94]
3) Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. latidens (Small) Barneby [150]
4) Mimosa quadrivalvis L. var. occidentalis (Woot. & Standl.) Barneby [88]
5) Mimosa rupertiana B.L. Turner [307]
6) Mimosa wherryana (Britton) Standl. [135]
7) Mimulus aridus (Abrams) A.L. Grant [195]
8) Mimulus bifidus Pennell ssp. fasciculatus Pennell [139]
9) Mimulus corallinus (Greene) A.L. Grant [126]
10) Mimulus glabratus Kunth var. fremontii (Benth.) A.L. Grant [90]

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