# Taiwan Wildflowers and Weeds

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**Category:** Science & Nature\
**Tags:** plants, wildlife\
**Created:** [December 24, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-wildflowers-and-weeds/55676 "2009-12-24T11:23:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-wildflowers-and-weeds/55676/12 "2009-12-24T12:56:29Z")

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Thanks a lot, Almas John. That’s two mysteries solved. I don’t regard them as weeds. I regard them as wildflowers. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

I also often come across a strange plant that has tiny fern-like leaves which are so sensitive that if you touch any of the leaves, then all of the tiny leaves on that stem close up and stay closed for about 2 or 3 minutes. Here’s a picture of a whole patch of the “sensitive plant”:

![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_HdGDv8e7YHI/S_D7u6s1EUI/AAAAAAAAAFA/1wNf6vnidRE/Sensitive%20Plant%20%231.jpg)

And here’s a close up of one of them:

![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_HdGDv8e7YHI/S_D7wUSZGvI/AAAAAAAAAFE/L16jFhvQY7E/Sensitive%20Plant%20%232.jpg)

Does this plant have a name, other than just calling it the “sensitive plant”?

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