Need help identifying
Feb 12, 2023 20:54:45 #
JimBart
Loc: Western Michigan
Can you please help me identify this flower. My wife and I found it on our walk today. Flower is fushia colored BUT the tips look like lit up led bulbs on a Christmas tree. Only about 4-5 “ tall and 1” diameter
Pics were taken with my cell phone.
Pics were taken with my cell phone.
Feb 12, 2023 21:04:42 #
Found this on a Google search - Roemer’s mimosa
https://www.finegardening.com/article/low-growing-native-perennials-for-the-southern-plains
https://www.finegardening.com/article/low-growing-native-perennials-for-the-southern-plains
Feb 12, 2023 21:44:48 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Here in the Midwest it’s called sensitive briar. If you touch the leaves they fold up. I have them growing in my pollinator plot.
Feb 12, 2023 21:46:24 #
We always caused it sensitive briar as the leaves fold when touched as stated in the link.
Feb 12, 2023 22:05:22 #
JimBart
Loc: Western Michigan
Thank you guys and much appreciated. Thought it was beautiful as it’s the first time we saw it
Feb 12, 2023 22:40:58 #
JimBart wrote:
Can you please help me identify this flower. My wife and I found it on our walk today. Flower is fushia colored BUT the tips look like lit up led bulbs on a Christmas tree. Only about 4-5 “ tall and 1” diameter
Pics were taken with my cell phone.
Pics were taken with my cell phone.
Mimosa.
We also call it "touch me not" because the leaves close and droop if you touch it.
We would challenge each other to remove a leaf from the plant without making it close.
Feb 13, 2023 09:42:43 #
Feb 13, 2023 12:04:27 #
Wallen wrote:
Mimosa.
We also call it "touch me not" because the leaves close and droop if you touch it.
We would challenge each other to remove a leaf from the plant without making it close.
We also call it "touch me not" because the leaves close and droop if you touch it.
We would challenge each other to remove a leaf from the plant without making it close.
No, not Mimosa. Mimosa is a tree with similar looking flowers.
Feb 13, 2023 21:51:14 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
No, not Mimosa. Mimosa is a tree with similar looking flowers.
Mimosa Pudica
https://www.britannica.com/plant/sensitive-plant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_pudica
https://www.britannica.com/plant/sensitive-plant/images-videos
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