A resurrection plant is any plant with the habit of reviving after seeming to be dead or of seeming to revive when being in fact dead.

Examples include

• Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
• Asteriscus
  Asteriscus (genus)
  Asteriscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Species include:*Asteriscus aquaticus Less.*Asteriscus daltonii Walp.*Asteriscus graveolens Less.*Asteriscus hierochunticus Wiklund...
  
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• Mesembryanthemum
  Mesembryanthemum
  Mesembryanthemum is a genus of plants native to southern Africa. Many species which were formerly placed herein have since been moved into other genera such as Carpobrotus Sceletium is sometimes included here....
  
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• Myrothamnus flabellifolius
  Myrothamnus flabellifolius
  Myrothamnus flabellifolius is a plant species in the genus Myrothamnus found in Southern Africa. It is also called the resurrection plant, for the speed with which apparently dead leaves revive when the rains come. Myrothamnus flabellifolius is a plant species in the genus Myrothamnus found in...
  
  , a plant species native to Southern Africa
• Ramonda serbica
  Ramonda serbica
  Ramonda serbica, commonly known as Serbian phoenix flower, is a species in the Gesneriaceae family. It is one of the few European representatives of this family, found in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia and Serbia.- References :...
  
  
• Selaginella lepidophylla
  Selaginella lepidophylla
  Selaginella lepidophylla is a species of desert plant in the spikemoss family . S. lepidophylla is noted for its ability to survive almost complete desiccation; during dry weather in its native habitat, its stems curl into a tight ball and uncurl when exposed to moisture...
  
  , a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty
• Lichen
  Lichen
  Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
  
  , a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation
  Desiccation
  Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying. A desiccant is a hygroscopic substance that induces or sustains such a state in its local vicinity in a moderately sealed container.-Science:...
  
  

Certain resurrection plants have long been sold in their dry, "lifeless" form as curiosities. This custom was noted by many 19th century authors, and continues today.

See also

• Dinosaur plant
  Dinosaur plant
  Dinosaur plant is a common name that can refer to:*Anastatica, native to deserts of North Africa*Pallenis hierochuntica, a sunflower in a genus native to the Mediterranean*Selaginella lepidophylla, native to North America...
  
  
• Hygrochasy
• Pleopeltis polypodioides, the resurrection fern