Tropical Zone Gardening: Invasives: The Hawai'i Hit List!, 1 by Metrosideros
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Metrosideros wrote: This is Mimosa pudica, Sensitive Plant. It was probably introduced to Hawai'i in the 1850's, either as a curiosity or accidentally with cattle feed. Ironically, it is poisonous to cattle. This weed makes meter tall thickets of thorned brambles that hang onto you as you walk by; their recurved thorns make you bleed if you try to pull away from them! |