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Sensitive plant (464) Print Fact Sheet

Relates to: Weeds

Summary

Common Name

Sensitive plant; it is also known as mimosa, common sensitive plant, or touch-me-not.

Scientific Name

Mimosa pudica. There are a number of varieties. It is a member of the Fabaceae.


AUTHORS Grahame Jackson, Aradhana Deesh & Mani Mua
Adapted from Common sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) (2018) Weeds of SE Qld and Northern NSW. Lucidcentral. (https://www.lucidcentral.org/editors-pick-animal-and-plant-identification-keys/key-to-weeds-of-se-qld-and-northern-nsw); and additional information from CABI (2019) Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant). Invasive Species Compendium. (https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34202#tosummaryOfInvasiveness); and Waterhouse DF, Norris KR (1987) Biological Control Pacific Prospects. Inkata Press, Melbourne; and from Mimosa pudica (2020) Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica). Photos 1&5 Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; Photo 4 Shaun Winterton, Aquarium and Pond Plants of the World, Edition 3, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org; Photo 7 Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org.

Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project HORT/2016/185: Responding to emerging pest and disease threats to horticulture in the Pacific islands, implemented by the University of Queensland, in association with the Pacific Community and Koronivia Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Fiji.



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