Perennial or Non-Perennial Match Quiz | Flowers, Plants & Gardens

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Potato

Answer: Perennial

The potato is a perennial plant. It is an edible tuber. A tuber is a modification of stem for storage of food, especially starch.

The potato belongs to the angiosperms and its binomial name is Solanum tuberosum.

2. Tomato

Answer: Perennial

In terms of botany, the tomato is classified as a berry. A berry is a fleshy fruit.

Tomatoes are a part of various types of dishes. Tomatoes can be consumed as sauce or in salads or even in drinks.

3. Pea

Answer: Non-perennial

Pea is an annual plant. An annual plant is a plant that survives only for one growing season.

Pea is a very important part in many delicious dishes. In India, particularly matar paneer, matar kachori and matar mushroom dishes are famous. (Matar means pea in Hindi, paneer is a milk product, while kachori is a type of puri stuffed with various spices.)

4. Asparagus

Answer: Perennial

Asparagus is a vegetable and a perennial plant. Asparagus is also called as sparrow grass.

Apart from being a vegetable it is also used as medicine due to its diuretic properties. A diuretic substance is the one which increases the production of urine.

5. Watermelon

Answer: Non-perennial

Watermelon is also an annual plant. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae.

It is cultivated for its fleshy and juicy fruit. The watermelon has a large percentage of water in its composition.

In the terms of botany, watermelon is classified as a pepo, which is a special type of berry.

6. Rice

Answer: Non-perennial

Rice is also an annual plant. It is consumed in large part of the world as staple diet.

In India, rice is popularly eaten in the north part of the country, especially in West Bengal with fish curry.

7. Artichoke

Answer: Perennial

Artichoke is a perennial plant found in the Mediterranean region. The edible part of the plant is the flower buds. (The bud is the stage in flower before their blooming.)

Artichoke has been classified as a garden plant by Homer and Hesiod in the 8th century BC.

8. Wheat

Answer: Non-perennial

Wheat is also an annual plant. It is eaten worldwide as staple food. Species of wheat mainly belongs to genus Triticum. Wheat is an important source of carbohydrate in our diet.

9. Desert Zinnia

Answer: Perennial

Desert zinnia is another perennial flowering plant. Desert zinnia is also called as wild zinnia, white zinnia or spinyleaf zinnia. Desert zinnia is mainly found in Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.

The binomial name for desert zinnia is Zinnia acerosa.

10. Ginger

Answer: Perennial

Ginger is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant.

In terms of botany, ginger is classified as a rhizome. Rhizome is a modified stem that serves the purpose of food storage. The ginger is mainly used as a spice or a medicine.

Source: Author LoveAnimals555

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor WesleyCrusher before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.

Perennial or Non-Perennial Trivia Quiz

Perennial plants are those plants which persist for many growing seasons. In this quiz I will be giving common names of the plants I have come across since childhood and you have to classify whether they are perennial or non-perennial! Enjoy!

Questions		Choices
1. Potato		Non-perennial
2. Tomato		Perennial
3. Pea		Perennial
4. Asparagus		Non-perennial
5. Watermelon		Non-perennial
6. Rice		Perennial
7. Artichoke		Perennial
8. Wheat		Perennial
9. Desert Zinnia		Perennial
10. Ginger		Non-perennial