Mimosa Senstive Briar by CavalierLady

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Sep 13, 2015

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Description

The Sensitive Briar plant (Mimosa nuttallii) is a prickly low growing vine that has small round puffball flowers and compound leaves (much like the Mimosa tree). There are several dozen varieties but are all very similar. These tiny puffball flowers are no larger than your thumbnail. Growing wild in the central U.S. from TX to the Great Lakes, it is also called Cat's Claw, Nuttall's Sensitive Brier, Bashful Brier, Shame-boy, Devil's Shoestrings or Touch Me Not plant -- because when their sensitive leaves are touched or jostled by the wind, they immediately close up on each other. You can see a short video here that shows this fascinating behavior (starting at 40 seconds in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TOWs1QDeTs Thank you very much for your views and comments.

Comments (19)

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Otto1969

9:33AM | Sun, 13 September 2015

Great shot, love the Details and colours!

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X-PaX

11:20AM | Sun, 13 September 2015

Great details in this capture Maria. Well done.

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durleybeachbum

11:33AM | Sun, 13 September 2015

We used to grow these from seed in the greenhouse for a bit of fun when I was a child! They aren't hardy here and I never saw a flower before, so very interesting photo.

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skyvendik

11:54AM | Sun, 13 September 2015

cool PC

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jayfar

1:02PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

I am not familiar with these but this shot is a beauty,

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helanker

2:59PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

Such a lovely and delicate litte mimosa bloom :-) We had such one with flowers many years ago. I dont remember where we got it from. It was very little.

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kgb224

3:04PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

Stunning capture Maria. God bless.

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bakapo

3:34PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

a pretty photo; the color is beautiful.

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FredNunes

3:38PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

STELLAR

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blinkings

3:42PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

This really pops on zoom Maria. Damn, now I want to touch one!

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goodoleboy

9:49PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

Magnificent shot of the mesmerizing Mimosa, Maria. I've never seen this variety of the plant.

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Richardphotos

10:15PM | Sun, 13 September 2015

I have heard about them closing their leafs when touched. very sharp macro

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auntietk

12:17AM | Mon, 14 September 2015

The yellow tips are so festive! I've never seen these. As far as I know they're not a PNW thing, and I haven't seen them in the RGV, either. (Now why on earth have I chosen places to live where the area is known by its initials? I hadn't noticed that before.)

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