Resurrection Plant
Craterostigma pumila
Herbaceous plant with rosette of thick, broad leaves among turf grass at Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. March 2013.
PERENNIAL HERB: Herbaceous perennial which tends to grow prostrate on
ground in open areas and can revive very quickly from a dry condition after
rains.
FLOWERS: The flowers are bilaterally symmetrical with a distinct pale
throat and five, sky blue petals united into a tube below.
LEAVES: Broad leaves with longitudinal veins are thick and spongy.
Arrayed in a basal rosette. On drying they shrink and become hidden only to
re-emerge with rain.
RANGE: This plant is probably native to mid to higher elevations in East
Africa.
FRUIT: Fruit a dry capsule with typically numerous seeds.
UNARMED. Without spines.