Yellow Sensitive Plant
Neptunia triquetra
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- May-November
How to identify Yellow Sensitive Plant
Identify Yellow Sensitive Plant by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Aquatic sensitive plant with yellow flowers, spongy floating stems.
- Confirm leaf shape: Leaves that fold when touched.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Mimosaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow Sensitive Plant.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Neptunia triquetra
- Genus
- Neptunia
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On hills and plains
- Habitat type
- Plains
- Distribution
- India, Thailand
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Leaves that fold when touchedrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Sensitive Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Yellow Sensitive Plant
A member of the Mimosaceae family, Yellow Sensitive Plant (Neptunia triquetra) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. It grows in on hills and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from May to November.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Yellow Sensitive Plant belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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