We’ve uncovered some strange and surprising facts about some of our hardiest plants. Scientists in Germany think they’ve identified two types of plants tough enough to survive on Mars.

Most of the plants there are subject to illegal trading are a a variety known as succulents, named for their ability to hold water and survive in arid climates, BBC reported.

"People had more time to try to find something to keep busy with, and plants were one of the only things that in your house ... We have this super-strange looking thing that comes from the ...