With the lightest touch, this plant bursts open, flinging its seeds through the air. Here’s how it evolved this biological mechanism — and more importantly, why.

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More commonly known as the sensitive plant or touch-me-not plant, Mimosa pudica is a tropical shrub that closes its leaves when touched. The plant is native to Central and South America and features ...

Bought these Touch-Me-Not plant seeds from some market in Amsterdam a year ago, kinda cool :) "Mimosa pudica is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is ...

Growing in the heart of the world’s deepest valley are two plants that have fooled scientists for decades. Both plants are adorned with trumpet-shaped flowers in a spectrum of colours, and their ...

Mimosa pudica, known as touch-me-not plants, quickly move their leaves in response to touch and new research reveals how they do it. In a study led by Masatsugu Toyota at Saitama University in Japan, ...

Flashy new videos of the plant shameplant (Mimosa pudica), which is renowned for its ability to rapidly fold up its leaves, reveal how chemical and electrical signals help to trigger its lightning ...

Sensitive plants (Mimosa pudica) quickly fold their many leaflets when touched, burned, or wounded. But the mechanism behind how these plants swiftly turn demure—and why—isn’t clear. New research ...