Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Mimosa pudica
sensitiva, mimosa sensitiva, vergonzosa, sensitive plant and the touch me not, shame weed
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Mimosa
Species
pudica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mimosa unijuga Duchass. & Walp.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1999
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Howard, R.A. (1988) Leguminosae. Fl. Lesser Antilles (Dicotyledoneae–Part 1) 4: 334–538.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Mimosa pudica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1918. Accessed 18 May 2025.