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2. Mimosa pudica - Wikipedia

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   Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop ...

3. Rapid plant movement - Wikipedia

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   Plants that are able to rapidly move their leaves or their leaflets in response to mechanical stimulation such as touch (thigmonasty): Mimosa pudica leaves closing after being touched Timelapse video of rotating Codariocalyx motorius leaflets. Aeschynomene: Large leaf sensitive plant (Aeschynomene fluitans) Aeschynomene americana [7]

4. Heliotropism - Wikipedia

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   Heliotropism, a form of tropism, is the diurnal or seasonal motion of plant parts (flowers or leaves) in response to the direction of the Sun. The habit of some plants to move in the direction of the Sun, a form of tropism, was already known by the Ancient Greeks. They named one of those plants after that property Heliotropium, meaning "sun turn".

5. Thigmonasty - Wikipedia

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   Mimosa pudica in normal and touched state.. In biology, thigmonasty or seismonasty is the nastic (non-directional) response of a plant or fungus to touch or vibration. [1] [2] Conspicuous examples of thigmonasty include many species in the leguminous subfamily Mimosoideae, active carnivorous plants such as Dionaea and a wide range of pollination mechanisms.

6. Codariocalyx motorius - Wikipedia

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   Codariocalyx motorius (though often placed in Desmodium [1]), known as the telegraph plant, dancing plant, or semaphore plant, is a tropical Asian shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), one of a few plants capable of rapid movement; others include Mimosa pudica, the venus flytrap and Utricularia. The motion occurs in daylight hours when the ...

7. ‘Don’t touch these plants,’ officials warn. Their sap can ...

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   Both plants are found in parts of the United States, and their sap, “in combo with moisture and sun,” can cause irritation, burning and scarring if touched.

8. Thigmotropism - Wikipedia

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   Thigmotropism is typically found in twining plants and tendrils, however plant biologists have also found thigmotropic responses in flowering plants and fungi. This behavior occurs due to unilateral growth inhibition. [1] That is, the growth rate on the side of the stem which is being touched is slower than on the side opposite the touch. The ...

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