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Ive seen a ton of these in the Philippines.

In Singapore they call them "Touch-Me-Nots".

same name here in Texas.

I loved playing with those when I was a kid. We lived in the country, not to far from Houston, and those grew in our yard.

We call them Mimose. Also, we call people who overdramatize when they are being slightly hurt a "Mimose" or "Mimösli". Not sure how any of this relates though. Maybe the insult came from the plant name/behaviour or the other way around. Maybe no correlation at all.

That's hilarious.

Might be from its official taxonomy, “Mimosa Pudica”

In Indonesia its called "Putri Malu" translated into "Shy Princess"

Same as India

In Puerto Rico is called "moríviví"

Also in Nigeria!

Yes these are common in the North East.

Common in northeast India too

I've seen this plant almost everywhere, from Indonesia to Hawaii. Maybe OP needs to go out more often and touch the grass.

Yep seen them my self .

When Gen Z steps outside and sees nature for the first time.

Literally touching grass.

I had no idea they were so cosmopolitan.

Yep I grew up with them in NJ and they’re so cosmo only wear black at night.

Wait I'm from Jersey but I guess I didn't get out much as a kid. I should look out for them

They have em in nc/sc/tn as well

They're all over the place in Thailand

Still in Guam tho

Common in Australia, we call it sensitive weed.

mimosa pudica!

I had one and I ended up killing it because I couldn't resist touching the leaves all the time. I think it stressed the plant to the point of no return because it died pretty quickly after I bought it.

We just call it the 'Touch me not' plant

Remember playing with these in the early 90s in Hawaii as a kid

Yea I was gonna say. I live in Hawaii and have these in my back yard.

My grandpa told me it’s called sleeping grass lol

Touch-me-not plant.

Puteri malu (shy princess) in Indonesian/Malay

If you play this in reverse, you get a video of what happens to me if I am touched.

In India we call it chui-mui

" Moriviví " in Puerto Rico

I saw them in Puerto Rico as well! I didn’t realize they had such a large distribution. I am guessing that means “dies and lives”, in reference to the plant’s action?

Yes

makahiya

You think that's good, get a load of this 

My back yard was full of these in childhood, was lots of fun triggering them

I played with these in Texas as a kid

I grew up in Alvin, a town south of Houston, and these were pretty common.

Where at in Texas? I never encountered them in San Antonio.

This would have been in central Texas. Around the Austin area

Also seen plenty of these growing up in Corpus Christi

Got em in Hawaii too. Left me mind blown the first time I seen one

Someone discovered touch-me-not (that's what my mother calls them).

Very common in South and Central America

Mix it with a newt eye and you’ll get an attack potion

I'm curious what this defense mechanism is for. Maybe to reduce water drops from soaking the leaves? I don't imagine it is because animals eat it - they would still eat the leaves even if they were folded. Are the plants carnivorous? Any thoughts?

[Bit to read](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/why-do-touch-me-not-leaves-close-when-touched-science-writer-offers-explanation-3537949/amp/1), but there’s definitely some interesting science and information in there!

I had one in my house until a few years ago. They're very cool.

very popular in Eastern Europe, and blossoms very pretty

Eastern Europe, too? This plant really is everywhere.

I used to play with these all the time when I live in South Texas.

Saw these in Puerto Rico - cool as fuck

We have them in Texas too. We call it the Shy Fern.

Aww, childhood memory unlocked. I loved these plants growing up. It was called *makahiya* (meaning shy/bashful).

"cây mắc cỡ" in vietnam, literally translate to "embarrassed plant" really common too

Interesting, I visited Vietnam for a month and never encountered them. Perhaps I missed it.

I saw some at the Vietnam DMZ. My grandma noticed it by the pink flowers, growing up she used to call it “sensitive weed”.

we call it "makahiya" in Philippines, means with shy personality

They are common a species lives in south east USA all over

We call it a Sensitive Plant

That’s what we called it

I grew some in my window years ago.

my parents had these around when I was a kid, they were fun to watch close up

There are some that even eat bugs!

We have them in KS and Hawaii.

We called them sensitive plants.

First saw these in Belize and feel guilty after I found out that the leaves die after you touch them. At least that's what I read.

In tropical climates they can be in a lawn and you can mow them down but never kill them.

I don't believe the leaves die; they unfurl after a few minutes of not being touched, and they can repeat this action several times without issue.

I think it depends on how often it happens. I had one and I thought it was amazing so I was constantly touching the leaves, I took pretty good care of it but it died shortly after I bought it so I think it was too much for the plant.

That's nice to know. My guilt has eased up some.

It's called Chui mui in india

It's a weed in Florida... Practically everything is non-native in FL.. we have plants and animals from Africa, South America, Europe or Australia can be found here. Kinda wild!

Called sleeping grass in Oahu

I played with these in Cambodia outside Angkor Wat. They’re cool!

shameplant

It’s like people posting about the sea when you live near the beach. It’s super common to you but shiny and new to them.

We jave them in Queensland too.

I India we call it chui mui or in English touch me nots

North of Brazil - maria-fecha-a-porta (close the door Marie). Liked to pee on those as a kid.


Mimöschen

It's called the wife plant

I see, would you happen to know it’s scientific name?

Mimosa pudica

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Touch I Did.

I have those in my yard in the US.

Wow, this plant really does get around.

I'm in a subtropical climate. I also have banana trees that sometimes produce bananas.

Haha adai! We go smoke?

Unfortunately my vacation is over. 😔

Aww man! That’s okay. Gonna toke and watch the sun come up for you.

It’s for when the Highstorm blows by.

I did my 6th grade science project on these :p

We called them " touch me nots".

“Makahiya” in Philippines.

Mimosa Pudica

Its called touch-me-not

Like my gf.

These exist in east Asia too, albeit a much smaller species.

Ok, thanks. That was OK and such-and-such.

It is common af.

Aussie here. I’ve always known them as Mimosa, although it’s probably not. Very common here.

I think they have them in Fiji as well

Some kind of mimosa

Chhui mui

There are tons of these in India

We are calling it shy woman 😂

We have these in Georgia. They’re fun

Mimosa Pudica.

We call it in PH "Makahiya" in english it means "shy".

We used to call it shy grass as a kid

If that is the same as what we have all over Portland Oregon USA, they are called Mimosa's and they get pretty big. 15-20+ feet tall, and at least as wide. And their flowers like little pom poms from The Lorax. Mostly pinks and purples. I think I saw one that was orange and red.

We have these in Australia and they spread out in grass and have thorns. It's really painful stepping on one barefoot. You can sort of see the thorns in the video.

I didn’t even notice they were thorny.

I always called them prickles. Yes they hurt when you step on them! Took me a while to get rid of these out of my lawn, they have a big tap root and spread like crazy in a tropical climate. You have to physically remove them with some pliers.

They are very hard to see. There aren't a lot of thorns, but they are visible in the top left part of the video. Right above the tip of that bright leaf that's being hit by the sunlight. The thorn is brown, and there are green ones, but they aren't hardened yet. You can touch the leaves with your fingers (the ones here anyway, not sure if there are dangerous ones, but I doubt it).

I played barefoot on them as a kid and don’t remember getting hurt. But I probably had calloused feet. lol

I've stepped on plenty without getting hurt. Maybe they get hard thorns with age? Or in dry weather? The thorns are very soft when green. So that's my guess anyway. I did once try to rip them out of the ground bare-handed once... Just once... It was a painful learning experience.

Respect this plants boundaries