Common
name: False Dayflower
Family: Commelinaceae- Spiderwort family
Size: Up to 60 cm tall
Description: Upright, spreads over the ground, grow together in groups
Habitat: Moist, shaded sand
Flower:
- 3.8 cm across
- 3 petals, 2 petals lavender-blue to purple, lower white, very small petal usually hidden
- 6 stamens: 3 upright stamens, bearded with yellow and blue hairs. Outer stamens curved outward. Pistil similar to central stamen.
- Several flower in a terminal cluster
- A leaf like bract envelops the cluster of flowers
- Flowers close by noon
Leaves and stem:
- Up to 10 cm long
- Margins entire
- Stalked basal leaves
- Upward stems are smaller, clasping stem
- Stems few to several
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