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Unnamed spotting

Description:

Small, purple, round, looks fiberoptic.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Sensitive Plant
Mimosa pudica Mimosa pudica
MarkL
MarkL 12 years ago
Mimosa
Albizia julibrissin Albizia julibrissin


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6 Comments

MarkL
MarkL 12 years ago

I like the little animation on the wiki page showing the leaves folding up.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes Mimosa pudica

MarkL
MarkL 12 years ago

Ah, I see you got the right one!

MarkL
MarkL 12 years ago

In other words, the first suggestion is slightly wrong, starting around subfamily/genus.

MarkL
MarkL 12 years ago

This page is a bit better on wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa

In the description: "The leaves of the plant close quickly when touched."

nicky.sanchez
nicky.sanchez 12 years ago

closes quickly when touched...?

yeahrobmall
Spotted by
yeahrobmall

USA

Spotted on May 13, 2011
Submitted on May 13, 2011

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