A very hardy plant indeed. It struck him that he should snag some for a sample - such a plant could prove a boon to some planets, especially with medicinal properties. Of course, that was on the assumption he would return home one day. Which he believed, of course, but even he was coming to believe that being either recovered or returned was going to be a long rather than immediate term goal.

"Heh, no doubt. It's amazing that there would be such a planet that it grows almost everywhere so readily. Makes medicine more accessible for everyone, right?" he asked her, placing the leaf back into the dirt beneath the plant where it could decompose and return to the soil.