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Sleeping Grass

Mimosa Pudica

1 Species ID Suggestions

mcdelapaz
mcdelapaz 12 years ago
Hoya-hoya, Sleeping Grass
Mimosa pudica Mimosa


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6 Comments

KhairinSaili
KhairinSaili 12 years ago

sleeping Grass!

hg_williams3
hg_williams3 12 years ago

it would be nice if you added a video of it bending

hg_williams3
hg_williams3 12 years ago

In Jamaica they call this shame maka for the way it bows its head when touched

ajie.nolasco
ajie.nolasco 12 years ago

Bashful Mimosa or Mimosa Pudica, also known in Tagalog as Makahiya

mcdelapaz
mcdelapaz 12 years ago

Common names: Sleeping Grass, Shrinking Violet or (locally in Negros Island, Philippines) Hoya-hoya

mcdelapaz
mcdelapaz 12 years ago

Common nmes: Sleeping Grass, Shrinking Violet or (locally in Negros Island, Philippines) Hoya-hoya

KhairinSaili
Spotted by
KhairinSaili

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Sep 23, 2011
Submitted on Sep 23, 2011

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