Botany

Botany

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Lithophyte

Plants; Botany

A plant that grows on the surface of unweathered rock.

Annual

Plants; Botany

A plant that germinates, flowers and fruits within a single year. Characteristic features are that it does not have the remains of old growth at the base, nor rhizomes or stolons.

Epiphyte

Plants; Botany

A plant growing on, but not parasitic on, another plant (often loosely applied to plants, such as orchids, that grow on vertical rock faces). Cf. Parasite, saprophyte.

Xeromorph

Plants; Botany

A plant having structural features usually associated with plants of arid habitats (such as hard or succulent leaves) but not necessarily drought-tolerant. Cf. Scleromorph, xerophyte.