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Anastatica
Anastatica is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Anastatica hierochuntica or the true rose of Jericho. The plant is a small gray annual herb that rarely grows above high, and bears minute white flowers. It is a capable of hygroscopic expansion and retraction. However, it is not a true resurrection plant, because the plant's dead tissues do not revive and turn green. This species is not to be confused with Selaginella lepidophylla, also sometimes referred to as "rose of Jericho", 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.
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Anastatica is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Anastatica hierochuntica or the true rose of Jericho. The plant is a small gray annual herb that rarely grows above high, and bears minute white flowers. It is a capable of hygroscopic expansion and retraction. However, it is not a true resurrection plant, because the plant's dead tissues do not revive and turn green. This species is not to be confused with Selaginella lepidophylla, also sometimes referred to as "rose of Jericho", 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.
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