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a pink flower with the words mimosa pudica houseplant how to grow and care for

This is also a great plant to add to your own home for a touch of wonder and awe for your whole family to enjoy. The sensitive plant has cute flowers that look like powder puffs and leaves that mimic feathers. This tropical plant is perfect as a houseplant, but it is the natural reactions it has to touch that set it apart from most other plants | mimosa pudica care | mimosa pudica plants | indoor sensitive plant | sensitive plant houseplant #sensitiveplantcare #mimosapudica

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The mimosa pudica is a creeping annual and a perennial flower. This flower has pink round bulbs with green leaves that move whenever its touched—whether its a person, insect, or just a strong burst of wind that blows against the plant a little too hard.

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Mimosa pudica (from Latin: pudica "shy, bashful or shrinking"; also called Sensitive Plant and the touch-me-not), is a creeping annual or perennial herb often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, re-opening minutes later. The species is native to South America and Central America, but is now a pantropical weed. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica for a video of the leaf folding Other non-English common names include morí-viví or…

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Touch-Me-Not or Mimosa Pudica is a green leafy fern-like plant often grown as an ornamental indoor plant. It has acquired its name due to the in-folding of leaves at the slightest touch of a hand. It is also known as a Shy Plant or sensitive plant.

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hands holding green leaves with text overlay how to care for the sensitive plant mimosa pudica & why you shouldn

I think you could call it a tradition by now for me to introduce our readers to weird plants in the winter months. Once the gardening season is truly at a standstill, which usually happens

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