Sahyadri Dew-Grass
Cyanotis adscendens
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Sahyadri Dew-Grass
Identify Sahyadri Dew-Grass by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Restricted to the Sahyadri hills.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sahyadri Dew-Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyanotis adscendens
- Genus
- Cyanotis
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Commelinaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sahyadri Dew-Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sahyadri Dew-Grass
Sahyadri Dew-Grass (Cyanotis adscendens) is a herb in the Commelinaceae family. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.

Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Sahyadri Dew-Grass belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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