Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Murdannia nudiflora
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Murdannia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Murdannia nudiflora
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-02-001:
Aneilema nudiflorum
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
COMMON NAME:
Doveweed, Naked-stem Dewflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_conu7_001_lvd
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John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org bug_1391178
Month Unknown
Apparently arrived here earlier than M. keisak, but is distinctly less common, per Weakley's Flora.
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John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org bug_1391179
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Murdannia nudiflora
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Murdannia nudiflora
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-02-001:
Aneilema nudiflorum
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
91
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, widespread
Look for it in moist sands, ditches, wet disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, spirally arranged
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pinkish-purple or Violet
Bisexual
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
2 fertile stamens, 4 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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