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Swamp Dayflower (Murdannia keisak)

photographs of swamp dayflower plants
Swamp dayflower (Murdannia keisak) is not a member of the genus Commelina where the true dayflowers belong, but it is in the same family Commlinaceae. It closely resembles the more familiar dayflowers.

flower of swamp dayflower
Swamp dayflower lacks the modified leaf called a spathe enclosing the flower of the members of Commelina, the other dayflowers.



leaf of swamp dayflower
The alternate arrangement of the leaves is typical of all of the common dayflowers including swamp dayflower.

Murdanniakeisak flower
Here the absence of a spathe is obvious as well as the long stalk or peduncle that supports the flower. The flowers of swamp dayflower are solitary, another difference between it and the other dayflowers.



Posted on: 3/17/2005 5:51:39 PM

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