2007-02-12 08:12:23 · 8 answers · asked by Haiku 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
There is one that I can think of off the top of my head - it's a species of orchid from Australia, and all parts are produced underground: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizanthella_gardneri
There may be others, but this is the only one I'm aware of. There are some types of fungi that fit the "completely underground" (they look like, and are related to puffballs), but these are fungi, therefore not plants. The kinds of fungi grown in caves & mines still grow above "ground" (above any soil).
2007-02-12 10:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are no plants that live underground because plants need
co2,h2o, and light energy to reflect off the chloroplast in the light dependent reactions.without this the plant just wouldn't grow.
2007-02-12 09:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by sensimella 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are none. Plants need sunlight to grow, that is part of why they are classified as plants. You won't get much light underground.
2007-02-12 08:57:11 · answer #3 · answered by Q_142857 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only plants that have bulbs of some sort, but they have leaves in the surface. it would be impossible to grow it completely underground seeing as all plants need light to survive. and if it rains a lot- your in big trouble of over-watering.
2007-02-12 09:22:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Potatoes and carrots grow overground as well.
Mushrooms are not plants.
No, there are no plants that live totally underground.
2007-02-12 08:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Potatoes and carrots have green leaves.
They grow mushrooms in mines.
There are plants that they grow inside with artificial light.
2007-02-12 08:17:41 · answer #6 · answered by science teacher 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Potatoes, and carrots.
2007-02-12 08:15:36 · answer #7 · answered by Bryan 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
some mushrooms
2007-02-12 08:16:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋