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Species profile—Mimosa pudica

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Mimosaceae → Mimosa pudica

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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 Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://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.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
23 October 2019
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