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A resurrection plant is any poikilohydric plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years. The resurrection plant Selaginella lepidophylla reviving within 3 hours after the addition of water. Examples include: Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
Selaginella lepidophylla is a true resurrection plant that can revive and regain metabolic function after a period of extreme desiccation. Anastatica hierochuntica is not a resurrection plant, but rather a tumbleweed also capable of repeated expansion and retraction, which superficially resembles revival.
Myrothamnus flabellifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrothamnaceae native to central and southern Africa. [1] It is also called the resurrection plant for the appearance of dead leaves reviving during rain (see poikilohydry). 3,4,5-Tri-O-galloylquinic acid is a tannin found in M. flabellifolius. [2]
Lycoris squamigera, the resurrection lily or surprise lily, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. [2] It is also sometimes referred to as naked ladies (a name used for several other plants). It is native to southeast China and Korea. [3]
In this state, they may roll up into brown balls and be uprooted, but can rehydrate under moist conditions, become green again and resume growth. This phenomenon is known as poikilohydry, and poikilohydric plants such as Selaginella bryopteris are sometimes referred to as resurrection plants. [8]
The plant is a small gray annual herb that rarely grows above 15 centimetres (6 in) high, and bears minute white flowers. It is a tumbleweed [1] [2] [3] capable of hygroscopic [citation needed] expansion and retraction. However, it is not a true resurrection plant, [2] because the plant's dead tissues do not revive and turn green.