Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Nuttall’s Briar

Black eyed Susan’s are blooming!

I saw a few new blooms this morning—the wild petunia and Nuttall’s Sensitive Briar.  The briar of the mimosa family.  The leaves and blooms are very much like those on a mimosa tree.  I recall being fascinated by the leaves when a kid growing up at Coin, AR.  They’re sensitive.  If you touch them they close up!  The petunia is very fragile.  Blooms only last a day.