Death after bloom

dogfish | 20:39 Tue 08th Aug 2006 | Home & Garden

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Is there a specific name for a plant that dies immediately after flowering?

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An annual ?

WendyS

A waste of space! Poppies in particular fall into this category. They flower for one day and then all the petals fall off.

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To answer my own question, the word I was looking for is "monocarpic".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocarpic

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