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Commelina cyanea
Also called Scurvy Weed
Commelina cyanea, commonly known as scurvy weed, is a perennial prostrate herb of the family Commelinaceae native to moist forests and woodlands of eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. The blue flowers appear over the warmer months and are pollinated by bees and flies.
The species range is across eastern New South Wales, from Narooma northwards into Queensland, as well as Lord Howe Island. It grows in wetter shaded areas in forest habitats.
The leaves were used by early non-indigenous colonists to alleviate scurvy, and hence its common name.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Commelina cyanea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
