MarkL

Yes -- it doesn't look very comfortable!

I'm guessing that's Yertle on top and Mack on the bottom?

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

Ah, I see you got the right one!

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

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."

Thanks! I'm going to go with Laccaria laccata until told otherwise...

I thought you could change the mission when you edit it, but it would be nice to be able to add it to more than one. Maybe that'll be a future enhancement!

This would be a good one for the Urban Biodiversity mission.

Someone I know spotted one of those last summer in South Carolina. She looked it up back then and discovered its from the Pacific. Must have hitched a ride through the Panama Canal...