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Neptunia dimorphantha

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Fabaceae

Genus
  
Neptunia

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Fabales

Subfamily
  
Mimosoideae

Scientific name
  
Neptunia dimorphantha

Neptunia dimorphantha, commonly known as sensitive plant, is a trailing perennial plant from Australia in the legume family Fabaceae. It produces yellow flowers between July and November.

The species was first formally described by Czech botanist Karel Domin in 1930 in Bibliotheca Botanica, based on a collection in Queensland.

References

Neptunia dimorphantha Wikipedia