resurrection plant
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editNoun
editresurrection plant (plural resurrection plants)
- Any poikilohydric plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including.
- Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
- Asteriscus spp.
- Boea hygrometrica
- Craterostigma spp., members of the families Linderniaceae and Scrophulariaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
- Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
- Mesembryanthemum spp., which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
- Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
- Pleopeltis polypodioides, also known as resurrection fern
- Ramonda serbica, a species in the family Gesneriaceae
- Selaginella lepidophylla, a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty
- Tillandsia spp.
- Xerophyta spp., of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
- Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation