Anastatica
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Anastatica is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Anastatica hierochuntica. 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.
Anastatica | |
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Anastatica hierochuntica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Anastatica L. |
Species: | A. hierochuntica |
Binomial name | |
Anastatica hierochuntica | |
This species is not to be confused with Selaginella lepidophylla, also sometimes referred to as "rose of Jericho",[4] or "false rose of Jericho", which is a true resurrection plant that can revive from a dried state and regain the processes of respiration and photosynthesis.