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rose of Jericho

Anastatica hierochuntica

Description:

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.

Habitat:

washes and plains in the extreme desert

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Ori Fragman-Sapir
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Ori Fragman-Sapir

אילת, מחוז הדרום, Israel

Spotted on Dec 16, 2016
Submitted on Dec 23, 2016

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