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Murdannia semiteres
Panicled dewflower is a small annual herb in the spiderwort family, native to seasonally dry tropical regions of Africa, Arabia, Iran, India and Vietnam. It grows in damp spots such as exposed moist rocks and stream banks, so it needs consistently moist soil and good light while it is growing.
Murdannia semiteres, the panicled dewflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is an annual erect herb with reddish branches that grows in the seasonally dry tropical biome. The leaves are threadlike, folded, and smooth. It bears blue flowers in panicles with three free sepals. It is native to east-central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia), Yemen, Iran, India, and Vietnam.
Grows gregariously in habitats near permanently moist, exposed rocks and along stream banks in peninsular India.
Murdannia crocea · Murdannia dimorphoides · Grass Lily · Wartremoving herb · Asiatic dewflower · Murdannia triquetra · Dewflowers
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Murdannia semiteres by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
