Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Sant.

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Commelinaceae
  • Species : Murdannia semiteres
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau
  • Common name : Little Glory
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2137, CJS 17832, FMNH 76/219
  • Key identification features : A small herb with tufted stems up to 20 cm. high with sheathy stems. Leaves are simple and linear. Flowers are small, 1.2 cm. across on branched inflorescence. Fertile and sterile stamens are 3 each. Fruit is a subglobose capsule.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Common on rocky ground during rainy season.
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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