Anastatica hierochuntica

Anastatica hierochuntica - rose of Jericho - one of the amazing desert adapted plants. A desert annual, Leaves rounded-wavy. Flowers white tiny, fruits rounded and small. After drying the plant closes like a fist, waiting for the next rain to disperse its seeds. In the extreme desert it could take years for the next rain to come.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Such fabulous, rare and specialist plants. Posted 6 years ago
1. Ori Fragman Sapir
  
  Lion
  
  Thank u, this is indeed a very special plant, but very common :)
  Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Can't express enough how much I appreciate your series. I love people with a deep specialism and passion, it is so inspiring. Posted 6 years ago

The Anastatica

Anastatica is a monotypic genus with the type species "Anastatica hierochuntica". The plant is a small gray annual herb that rarely grows above 15 centimetres high, and bears minute white flowers. It is a tumbleweed and a resurrection plant.

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Similar species: Brassicales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant