Talk:Anastatica

2006
Something is wrong here, or there are two plants called Rose of Jericho. Only I got a "resurrection plant" for Christmas, and it is nothing like this. It is like this: http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/POW/resurrection_plant.htm And it is a Selaginella lepidophylla, which is also called Rose of Jericho, as well as Spikemoss, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selaginella Whereas the "resurrection plant"/"rose of Jericho" listed here is entirely different (Anastatica hierochuntica) Istara 14:04, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Issues possibly due to conflicting common names
The photo in use is clearly Selaginella lepidophylla and is titled as such. I intend to remove it for this reason. I think the range may be confused because S. lepidophyllum is native to the New World; I suspect both plants' ranges were combined in this article. Sci girl 04:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that's because both plants are referred to by the same name. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:00, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Is this the same plant called maryam? or something about Mary?

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/196801/flowers.in.the.sand.htm

--Sonjaaa 02:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Merge discussion
I have placed merge tags on this article and on Selaginella lepidophylla, with intent to merge articles about plants called "Rose of Jericho" to this article, or turn this article into a disambiguation page. I'll wait a few months for responses. Put your position and argument (merge or oppose) below, like this:

I have made Rose of Jericho a disambiguation page and will now clean up this article. --Una Smith (talk) 15:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge because different plants with the same name should be found in one article. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:00, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose "Rose of Jericho" is a common name. Different plant species have their own articles as per the Plant project. However, a disambiguation page for "Rose of Jericho" with links to the two species (Anastatica heirochuntica & Selaginella lepidophylla) would be useful. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 10:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose because from a botanical viewpoint the two plants have absolutely nothing to do with each other, except for the name and their similar reaction to drying out and being rehydrated. While this one here is a flowering plant of the radish family, the Selaginella is more closely related to ferns and will never produce flowers. Actually, in German (which is my mother tongue) we even have such a diambiguation in the names - we call Anastatica hierochuntica the "real" Rose of Jericho, Selaginella lepidophylla the "fake" one...--193.170.138.209 (talk) 20:04, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose Go ahead and write an article about the common name, or include information on the disambig page. There's no place on Wikipedia for the original research of calling two different organisms that are rather remotely related the same one.  That's really original research!  --KP Botany (talk) 00:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose I'm speechless. I can't think of a single sensible reason to merge these two articles.--Curtis Clark (talk) 02:01, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Not a single reason? How about per precedent? :_-( Does this sillyness really surprise you that much? Hesperian 03:47, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow. I just kept reading that one, Hesperian.  Then up comes this.  --KP Botany (talk) 04:06, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

http://www.jericho-rose.com
I removed the commercial plug link ("the real Jericho Rose") previously added by 79.178.236.188 - their one and only contribution, so I suspect the owner of the above site. Kay Dekker (talk) 22:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup
I have removed from this article the several paragraphs about other plants known as rose of Jericho; those I will move to the articles on those other plants. Several more paragraphs concerned "Rose of Jericho" in popular culture. I do not know which plant these refer to, so I will move the paragraphs to Talk:Rose of Jericho. --Una Smith (talk) 16:03, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

anastatica hierochuntica: Important aspect Missing
Anastatica Hierochuntica is used as a medicinal plant. This aspect is entirely missing from the discussion. Unfortunately I do not have any details to contribute. It would be great if someone with the proper knowledge should add such a section.

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