Murdannia spirata

Murdannia spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Subfamily:	Commelinoideae
Tribe:	Commelineae
Genus:	Murdannia
Species:	M. spirata
Binomial name
Murdannia spirata (L.) G. Brückn.
Synonyms[1][2]
Aneilema canaliculatum Dalzell Aneilema melanostictum Hance Aneilema nanum (Roxb.) Kunth Aneilema spiratum (L.) R. Br. Aneilema spiratum (L.) Sweet Aphylax spiralis (L.) Salisb. Commelina bracteolata Lam. Commelina nana Roxb. Commelina pumila Royle ex C.B.Clarke Commelina spirata L. Phaeneilema spiratum (L.) G. Brückn. Streptylis bracteolata (Lam.) Raf.

Murdannia spirata, common name Asiatic dewflower,^[3][4] is a tropical plant species native to China, India, Southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific.^[5] It is now also naturalized in Florida, first collected there from the wild in 1965.^[6] In Asia, it is found in forests and in wet wastelands, often along streams. In Florida, it has been collected from palm hummocks and marshes in and just north of the Everglades.

Murdannia spirata is a perennial herb with narrowly ovate to lanceolate clasping leaves and pale blue flowers.^[7][8]

References

1. Tropicos
2. The Plant List
3. Flora Caroliniana, University of South Carolina
4. Flowers of India
5. Flora of China, v 24 p 29.
6. Flora of North America v 22
7. Brückner, Gerhard., in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, zweite Auflage. 15a: 173. 1930.
8. Linnaeus, Carl von. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 176–177. 1771.