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| Delicate, pretty mauve flower of Murdannia graminea |
Family: Commelinaceae
Common name: Blue Murdannia
Flower: 3 rounded mauve to mauve/blue petals each about 10mm, on a branched terminal inflorescence.
Leaves: Leaves are grass-like forming a sheath around the erect but weak stem.
Habit and habitat: An erect, slender perennial herb to about 60cm tall, growing in sclerophyll forest and grassy areas after rain. Flowering Dec to Apr.
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| Notice the leaf enclosing the stem, and notice the sheath beneath the flower |
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| Growth habit of Murdannia graminea |
