resurrection plant
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noun
- Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of two species principally called resurrection plant:
- Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
- Selaginella lepidophylla (flower of stone, resurrection moss, false rose of Jericho), a spikemoss native to North America, Central and South America
- Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
- Pleopeltis polypodioides (resurrection fern)
- Anastatica hierochuntica (rose of Jericho), a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
- Asteriscus spp.
- Boea hygroscopica (rock violet)
- Craterostigma plantagineum (blue carpet), of the families Linderniaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
- Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
- Mesembryanthemum spp. (ice plants), which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
- Ramonda serbica (Serbian ramonda), a species in the family Gesneriaceae
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