resurrection plant

resurrection plant (plural resurrection plants)

1. Any poikilohydric plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including.
   1. Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
   2. Asteriscus spp.
   3. Boea hygrometrica
   4. Craterostigma spp., members of the families Linderniaceae and Scrophulariaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
   5. Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
   6. Mesembryanthemum spp., which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
   7. Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
   8. Pleopeltis polypodioides, also known as resurrection fern
   9. Ramonda serbica, a species in the family Gesneriaceae
   10. Selaginella lepidophylla, a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty
   11. Tillandsia spp.
   12. Xerophyta spp., of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
2. Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation