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ISBN: 9781260494570
Author: Raven, Peter
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 40, Problem 16U
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Perrenial plants are the plants that continue to live throughout the year. These plants live more than two years. These are basically small flowering plants. These plants continue to bloom and grow over spring and summer season, die in autumn and winter and then grow again in spring through their rootstock.
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