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0 0 Catclaw Mimosa

Catclaw Mimosa

by JoshuaGSmithArizona, USA

Note thorns.

0 0 Sensitive Brier

Sensitive Brier

by TokioFlorida, USA

These plants have mean thorns.

0 0 Gum arabic tree

Gum arabic tree

by Nenik HapsoroMojokerto, Indonesia

0 1 Mimosa

Mimosa

by CammieAmber, Oklahoma, USA

Oh it does look like the plants ya'll mentioned! Here we have

9 0 Thorn Mimic Treehopper

Thorn Mimic Treehopper

by TicThapanyaจังหวัดเชียงใหม่, Thailand

stay on the mimosa leaf, try to avoid ...

6 2 Oak Treehopper

Oak Treehopper

by MachiFlorida, USA

This treehopper is posing as a thorn

0 0 Cat's Claw Mimosa, Pink Sparkles

Cat's Claw Mimosa, Pink Sparkles

by c.beshore.rnNevada, Missouri, USA

a hard time photographing the leaves because they fold up when touched. I ...

0 0 Fragrant Mimosa

Fragrant Mimosa

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

straight, with small thorns scattered ...

0 0 Fragrant Mimosa

Fragrant Mimosa

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

straight, with small thorns scattered ...

0 1 Sensitive Plant (Touch-Me-Not)

Sensitive Plant (Touch-Me-Not)

by marylou.wildlifeGeorgia, USA

Round flower ~1 inch, thorns. Found in May ...

0 0 Sensitive Briar

Sensitive Briar

by rabaker96Texas, USA

Small, low-growing, small curved thorns, ...

2 0 Shy plant

Shy plant

by bob5Sarawak, Malaysia

Creeping plant with tiny leaves and lots of

0 0 Pink Mimosa

Pink Mimosa

by joanbstanleyDenton, Texas, USA

Intricately branched, thorny shrub, 3-6 ft.

0 1 Needle bush (Γαζία)

Needle bush (Γαζία)

by DespinaTsafetopoulouΔήμος Βόλου, Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας, Greece

Vachellia farnesiana (needle bush), is so named because of the numerous

40 14 Thorn bug

Thorn bug

by Daniel-CRCartago, Costa Rica

mature insects. It happened at my backyard in a

0 0 Sweet Acacia

Sweet Acacia

by MachiFlorida, USA

A little battered looking on the leaf fronds with very long

0 0 Touch me not

Touch me not

by Alan CajesTagaytay, Cavite, Philippines

A small wild plant. It's leaves fold when touched. It has

0 1 Sleeping Grass/Touch-me-not

Sleeping Grass/Touch-me-not

by RolandEGauthierMalaysia

Fern like plant, just like touch-me-nots the leaves close,

0 2 Sensitive plant

Sensitive plant

by Charlotte FletcherCharlotte, North Carolina, USA

leaves look like small Mimosa tree leaves; ...

2 4 catclaw brier

catclaw brier

by LauraSaenzTexas, USA

thorns the entire length of the stem. The ...

1 2 Thorn-mimic or Horned Treehopper

Thorn-mimic or Horned Treehopper

by luke.mackinIndonesia

Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members ...

21 5 Thorn bug

Thorn bug

by EduardoAxelRecillasBautistaHidalgo, Mexico

numerous species colloquially referred to as

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