leaflets of mimosa fold when touched because of hard frost.
why do leaflets of mimosa fold when touched?
hard frost
mimosa pudica









































mimosa pudica (from "shy, bashful or shrinking"; also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, action plant, dormilones, touch-me-not, shameplant, zombie plant, or shy plant) is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family fabaceae and magnoliopsida taxon, often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, defending themselves from harm, and re-open a few minutes later. in the uk it has gained the royal horticultural society's award of garden merit.
mimosa pudica
bullet::::- "mimosa hamata"









































bullet::::- "mimosa hystricina"









































bullet::::- "mimosa invisa"









































bullet::::- "mimosa latidens"









































bullet::::- "mimosa laxiflora"









































bullet::::- "mimosa loxensis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa malacophylla"









































bullet::::- "mimosa microphylla"









































bullet::::- "mimosa nothacacia"









































bullet::::- "mimosa nuttallii"









































bullet::::- "mimosa ophthalmocentra"









































bullet::::- "mimosa pellita"









































bullet::::- "mimosa pigra"









































bullet::::- "mimosa polycarpa"









































bullet::::- "mimosa pudica"









































bullet::::- "mimosa quadrivalvis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa quadrivalvis" var. "hystricina"









































bullet::::- "mimosa quadrivalvis" var. "quadrivalvis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa roemeriana"









































bullet::::- "mimosa rubicaulis"









































bullet::::- "mimosa rupertiana"









































bullet::::- "mimosa scabrella"









































bullet::::- "mimosa schomburgkii"









































bullet::::- "mimosa somnians"









































bullet::::- "mimosa strigillosa"









































bullet::::- "mimosa tenuiflora" (= "mimosa hostilis")









































bullet::::- "mimosa texana"









































bullet::::- "mimosa townsendii"









































bullet::::- "mimosa turneri"









































bullet::::- "mimosa verrucosa"









































section::::uses.
mimosa