An annual desert plant whose dead branches fold inwards around the mature seeds forming a ball which is blown about, native to North Africa and the Middle East.
Anastatica hierochuntica, family Cruciferae
Definition of rose of Jericho in US English:
rose of Jericho
noun
An annual desert plant whose dead branches fold inward around the mature seeds forming a ball that is blown about, native to North Africa and the Middle East.