- Pronunciation: mim-OHS-ah pew-dee-cah
- Common Name: Common Sensitive Plant
- Type: Perennial Herb, sometimes woody. Often Prostrate.
- Family: MIMOSACEAE
- Status: Weed This introduced Plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native Species.
- Flowers: Pink in Ovoid heads 1-1.5 cm. Summer to early winter.
- Fruit: Pod - Pods clustered. Densly prickly.
- Species List: Pacific Lutheran College,
Cultural Notes
Native of South America. Naturalised Weed of roadsides in coastal areas.
Identification Notes
Stems armed with prickles 2.5-5 mm long. Leaves sensitive, unarmed, with 1-2 pairs of Pinnae, Rachis extremely short, Petiole 1.5-5.5 cm long.