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Mimosa pudica
Sensitive Plant
As recorded: Mimosa pudica L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Necker, W.L.
- Collector number
- 36
- Date
- August 24, 1945
- Locality
- 4 km S of Piti, slough 20 m from shore
- Island
- Guam
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Mimosa pudica observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17,156 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Island of Hawaiʻi, Mountain View, HI, US
(c) bethnich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
327J+PQM, Sargipal, Chhattisgarh 494001, India
(c) Sanjana Dutta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Illoura Pl, Cooroibah, QLD, AU
(c) Dion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Cairns QLD, Australia
no rights reserved
2026-10-25
CWPQ+M3J, Heredia Province, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica
(c) Pete Siminski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Khordha, Odisha, IN
(c) noahfrog, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Mimosa pudica. BISH 155084. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956545440. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/155084.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956545440 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026