Murdannia spirata
Species of flowering plant
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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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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Genus: | Murdannia |
| Species: | M. spirata |
| Binomial name | |
| 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]
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