- Botanical Name: Mimosa Pudica
- Common Names: Sensitive Plant, Touch-me-not, Sleepy plant
- Description: The leaves of a sensitive plant are lined with tiny hairs that are highly responsive to touch, temperature, and motion, folding inwards when triggered. Sensitive plant has delicate, fern-like leaves and light purple flowers that resemble small pom-poms. Young plants grow upwards but quickly develop an outward creeping habit.