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I hate that plant it's covered with thorns and very hard to kill.

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Thanks for sharing... I have one growing but have never seen the flowers. It was sold to me as a ground cover so I hope it doesn't have thorns

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The sensitive plant in my yard must be a different variety of Mimosa pudica it grows very close to the ground 3 to 4 inches and they don't have any thorns. :08:

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You can clearly see the thorns in the Wikipedia photo.

File:Mimosa pudica seed pods.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have no idea how bad these plants are when they get in your lawn, but you will learn.

I hope there is a variety without thorns.

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I did a taxonomy search on the common name "sensitive plant" and turned up seven matches. One of them is Mimosa invisa, aka creeping sensitive plant. I don't know if it has thorns or not.


Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench (wild sensitive-plant)
Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright (giant sensitive-plant)
Mimosa invisa Mart. ex Colla (creeping sensitive-plant, giant sensitive-plant)
Mimosa pigra L. (giant sensitive-plant, sensitive-plant, thorny sensitive-plant)
Mimosa pudica L. (common sensitive-plant, sensitive-plant)
Neptunia dimorphantha Domin (sensitive-plant)
Neptunia gracilis Benth. (sensitive-plant)

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I posted the wrong information it's not a Mimosa pudica it's a Mimosa strigillosa (Sunshine Mimosa, powderpuff, sensitive plant) and a Florida native plant. I'm positive it doesn't have any thorns, it's been growing in the yard for many years.



Mimosa strigillosa (powderpuff)

Description – Natural Habitat

Powderpuff, also known as sunshine mimosa, is a perennial, mat-forming ground cover. This fine textured legume has stems that become woody over time and are nonprickly (to distinguish it from M. quadrivalvis, which has a prickly stem). Distribution in Florida is throughout the peninsula...


Mimosa strigillosa, also known as Sunshine Mimosa and Powderpuff, is a perennial ground cover in the Fabaceae family that is native to nearly all US states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and grows north into Georgia and Arkansas as well. The name Powderpuff refers to the small spherical flowers that rise above the plant's creeping vines. Like related species in the Mimosa genus Sunshine Mimosa has sensitive leaves that can fold in a matter of seconds after being disturbed.

Because of Sunshine Mimosa's mat forming nature, drought tolerance, and because like many legumes it is capable of nitrogen fixation and thus doesn't need fertilizer it has become recommended as a replacement for turf grasses for the purposes of xeriscaping and lowering environmental impact. The plant is also recommended as a turfgrass replacement because of its ability to withstand some foot traffic and mowing, It is capable of spreading rapidly and many square feet in a single growing season and some may find it problematic that the plant is a host for the larva of Little Sulphur butterflies. Because of Sunshine Mimosa's general usefulness as a landscaping plant it was named one of the 2008 plants of the year by the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association.

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Thanks! I was about to put my plant in quarantine.

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Violas and blue sedums and red hen-and-chicks. The blue sedums were supposed to be variegated, and the hen-and-chicks were supposed to be bi-color. Replacements are being shipped but might as well plant these too, right!?

The violas were little $0.99 plants but they're really taken off in their new larger pots. Tons of blooms!

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Nectarines are Blooming Hard.. :^)

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All kind of thangs are blooming here in Lizard Creek, La....I like dat me!

Japanese Plums

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Avocado's

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Forgot what the heck this is...bought it because the bee's were all over it at the nursery:}

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Plum Trees

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Strawberries

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And after all the rain to our North this week the creek dat runs through my property is rising:}

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Cymbidium orchid

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Easy Going rose

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Apricot/peach roses are my favorites! Very pretty!

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Hibiscus got a few more colors that haven't bloomed yet

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I have 4 reds and a peach lantern hibiscus (the latter, which I really love, is finally getting a new leaf!) while one of the little reds is sporting a bloom. Up north I raised the hearty kind which were pretty but very messy--bloom one day and then just a mess. The warmer varieties are so much nicer.

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:pics:

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Okay, I will but my computer got "crunched" by my host so I'm borrowing his lesser one that I repaired 2x after he crunched it then blamed me. (I really suck at relationships and, fingers crossed I've found a place to move to soon.) I will try tomorrow to upload something. When the bud is bigger. If I succeed, I'll post bean seed pictures. Not exciting but you can eat what comes a bit later and these beans are to die for.

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Are we talking about a symbiotic relationship?