Creeping Inch Plant
Callisia repens
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland & more
How to identify Creeping Inch Plant
Identify Creeping Inch Plant by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small trailing groundcover.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Creeping Inch Plant.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Callisia repens
- Genus
- Callisia
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaf blade is oval to lanceolate, 1-3.5 centimeters long and 0.6-1 centimeter wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Creeping Inch Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“Capsule fruits with one millimeter large seeds develop.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Creeping Inch Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Creeping Inch Plant
Creeping Inch Plant (Callisia repens) belongs to the Commelinaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland and 1 other states.
Uses
Locally it is planted as an ornamental.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Creeping Inch Plant belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
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