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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
I am not sure how you tell the difference between this and sensitive plant (mimosa) which has taken over most of Northern Australia.
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the 2 plants look very different.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHUR
everything from the way mimosa tends to grow as a creeper, to the seeds and flowers. mimosa leaves are far more numerous, smaller and grow in "leaf groups" (i totally forgot how to call the "groups of leaves"
). i have no experience with Phyllanthus urinaria, but going from photos it looks rather different.
mimosa pudica pictures:
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...ca&btnG=Search
Phyllanthus urinaria pictures:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...-8&sa=N&tab=wi
