mimosa pudica sensitive plant sleepy creeping annual perennial flowering the pea legume family fabaceae |
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| Mimosa pudica sensitive plant, sleepy plant is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop when touched or shaken and re-open a few minutes later. For this reason, this species is commonly cited as an example of rapid plant movement. Like a number of other plant species, it undergoes changes in leaf orientation termed sleep or nyctinastic movement. The foliage closes during darkness and reopens in light. |
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