"Sensitive Plant" Seeds - Mimosa pudica

Mimosa pudica Seeds

Above: Mimosa pudica with leaves open & closed

'Sensitive Plant', so called because the leaflets fold up in a most spectacular manner when touched or blown by the wind. Run your hand over the plant and the leaves will fold up and the leaf stalk will drop as if on a hinge. The movements are of the quickest in the plant kingdom. They return to their normal condition in a few minutes.

Click here to see a clip on how the leaves are affected by touch.