title: Wait-a-minute tree
text: # Wait-a-minute tree
  
  Wait-a-minute tree, wait-a-bit tree, or wait-a-bit plant are common names for a variety of prickly plants that catch onto passers-by. These names come from the fact that the stems or other parts of the plant have numerous hooked thorns that tend to hook onto passers-by; the hooked person must stop ("wait a minute") to remove the thorns carefully to avoid injury or shredded clothing.
  
  These names can refer to:
  
  * Senegalia brevispica
  * Senegalia greggii
  * Some species of Asparagus
  * Caesalpinia decapetala
  * Mimosa aculeaticarpa
  