Common name
English: Water mimosa
German: Wassermimose
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Neptunia (1)
Epithet: oleracea Lour. (5)
Synonyms: Desmanthus lacustris Willd., Desmanthus natans Willd., Desmanthus stolonifer DC., Mimosa aquatica Pers., Mimosa lacustris Kunth, Mimosa prostrata Lam.
aquatica => living in water
lacustris => of lakes or ponds
natans => swimming, floating on water
oleracea => edible garden herb
prostrata => lying flat on the ground
stolonifer => spreading by stolons, with stems which grow at the soil surface or just below ground and root at the nodes
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow