Species profile—Mimosa pudica
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Mimosaceae → Mimosa pudica
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Scientific name
- Mimosa pudica L.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 10860
- Alternate name(s)
- common sensitive plant
touch-me-not
shame weed
shame plant
sensitive weed
sensitive plant
live-and-die
humble plant
giant sensitive plant
action plant - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=10860
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.