Sensitive joint-vetch leaflets. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the tip of a cluster of leaflets from the sensitive joint-vetch plant (

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Sensitive joint-vetch leaflets. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the tip of a cluster of leaflets from the sensitive joint-vetch plant (Aeschynomene sensitiva). The leaves of this plant consist of 30-56 leaflets. Each leaflet is around centimetres long. The leaves are sensitive to being touched, giving the plant its common name. Sensitive joint-vetch is a wetland plant, that is native to the USA. Magnification unknown.

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Photo credit: © SUSUMU NISHINAGA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: aeschynomene, american, botany, cluster, coloured, joint-vetch, leaf, leaflet, leaflets, leaves, marsh, nature, plant, plants, sem, sensitiva, sensitive