Oyster Plant is a common name used for various flowering plants, including:
- Tragopogon porrifolius (also called Purple Salsify)
- Mertensia maritima
- Tradescantia discolor Synonyms: Tradescantia spathacea, Rhoeo spathacea, Rhoeo discolor.
Family: Commelinaceae Common names: Oyster Herb, Oyster Plant, Daun Kepah, Nanas Kerang, Boatlily (Cây Lẻ Bạn, Lảo Bạn, Sò Huyết), Moses in a basket, Cradle Lily, Moses in His Cradle, Moses on a Raft, Moses in the Bulrushes, Men in a Boat, Moses-in-Cradle(Chinese): 蚌花
Famous quotes containing the words oyster and/or plant:
“I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
“If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)