Mimosa pudica

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Mimosa pudica L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Cooper_2013 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (16), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 91 records in 11 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 14.75 mm (9-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.12 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 27 mm2 (27-27 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 13 mm (4-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.12 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (2-6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6); shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); erect (1); prostrate (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): insects (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnny (1); yyyyyyynnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.7 mg (1.7-1.7 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed_length (numerical): 2.92 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (2); ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.13 m (1-1.2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	12	17	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Metcalfe_2009	16	16	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
NHNSW_2023	10	15	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	11	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cooper_2013	10	13	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	3	3	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.