Murdannia spirata, common name Asiatic dewflower,[4][5] is a tropical plant species native to China, India, Southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific.[6] It is now also naturalized in Florida, first collected there from the wild in 1965.[7] 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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Genus: | Murdannia |
| Species: | M. spirata
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| Murdannia spirata (L.) G.Brückn.
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Murdannia spirata is a perennial herb with narrowly ovate to lanceolate clasping leaves and pale blue flowers.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Mani, S. (2011). "Murdannia spirata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T177118A7369665. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Flora Caroliniana, University of South Carolina
- ^ Flowers of India
- ^ Flora of China, v 24 p 29.
- ^ Flora of North America v 22
- ^ Brückner, Gerhard., in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, zweite Auflage. 15a: 173. 1930.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 176–177. 1771.
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