| Anastatica | |
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| Anastatica hierochuntica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Anastatica L. |
| Species: | A. hierochuntica
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| Binomial name | |
| Anastatica hierochuntica | |
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.
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.
- ^ William Francis Ganong (1921). A Textbook of botany for colleges. MacMillan Co. p. 604. page 359
- ^ a b James A. Duke; Peggy-Ann K. Duke; Judith L. duCellie (2007). Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible. CRC Press. p. 552. ISBN 978-0-8493-8202-4. pages 36-37
- ^ G. E. Wickens (1998). Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-arid Lands. Springer. p. 343. ISBN 3-540-52171-2. pages 204-205
- ^ Quisquis (1886). "Tumble-weeds". Botanical Gazette. 11 (3): 68. doi:10.1086/325923. S2CID 224838371.