Few Flowered Dewflower
Murdannia pauciflora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- September-December
How to identify Few Flowered Dewflower
Identify Few Flowered Dewflower 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: Few flowers per cluster.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple/pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Few Flowered Dewflower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Murdannia pauciflora
- Genus
- Murdannia
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands and moist locations
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Native to
- India, Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Commelinaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Purple/pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Few Flowered Dewflower itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Few Flowered Dewflower
Few Flowered Dewflower (Murdannia pauciflora) is a herb in the Commelinaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. It grows in grasslands and moist locations. Flowering and fruiting run from September to December.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Few Flowered Dewflower belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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