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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Murdannia nudiflora   FAMILY Commelinaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Murdannia nudiflora   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Murdannia nudiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Murdannia nudiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-02-001:

Aneilema nudiflorum   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aneilema nudiflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Doveweed, Naked-stem Dewflower


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image of Murdannia nudiflora, Doveweed, Naked-stem Dewflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_conu7_001_lvd

        

image of Murdannia nudiflora, Doveweed, Naked-stem Dewflower

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.

image of Murdannia nudiflora, Doveweed, Naked-stem Dewflower

John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1391179

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Murdannia nudiflora   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Murdannia nudiflora   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Murdannia nudiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Murdannia nudiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-02-001:
Aneilema nudiflorum   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aneilema nudiflorum

 

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: Moist sands, ditches, wet disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, spirally arranged
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pinkish-purple or Violet
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
2 fertile stamens, 4 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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