here, there, everywhere

A few weeks ago, I bought a cheap leafy plant for the backyard. After carrying it home and re-planting it, though, I noticed it was looking pretty rough, with none of the pretty fern-like leaves it had had before - now, it was so shriveled up I couldn't imagine why I had bought it in the first place. A minute later, though, the leaves unfurled and slowing puffed back into shape - when I poked at them again, they immediately folded and dropped back down again. Best plant ever! Once we were able to peel ourselves away from tormenting the plant and get on the internet, it didn't take us long to figure out I'd unknowingly bought a mimosa pudica- commonly known as the 'shy' or 'sensitive' plant.