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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Mimosa |
| Species: | M. pudica
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Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant,[citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant)[3][2] 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.[4] This was first studied by French scientist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous.[5] In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][6]
The species is native to the Caribbean and South and Central America, but is now a pantropical weed, and can now be found in the Southern United States, South Asia, East Asia, Micronesia, Australia, South Africa, and West Africa as well. It is not shade-tolerant and is primarily found on soils with low nutrient concentrations.[7]
- ^ Groom, A. (2012). "Mimosa pudica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T175208A20112058. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T175208A20112058.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Mimosa pudica". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ a b "Mimosa pudica". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Raven, Peter H.; Evert, Ray F.; Eichhorn, Susan E. (January 2005). "Section 6. Physiology of Seed Plants: 29. Plant Nutrition and Soils". Biology of Plants (7th ed.). New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. p. 639. ISBN 978-0-7167-1007-3. LCCN 2004053303. OCLC 56051064.
- ^ Joanna Klein (March 28, 2016). "Plants Remember You if You Mess With Them Enough". New York Times.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 64. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Global Invasive Species Database". 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.