About Little Glory
Murdannia semiteres, the panicled dewflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is an annual erect herb with reddish branches that grows in the seasonally dry tropical biome. The leaves are threadlike, folded, and smooth. It bears blue flowers in panicles with three free sepals. It is native to east-central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia), Yemen, Iran, India, and Vietnam.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Murdannia semiteres
- Genus
- Murdannia
- Family
- COMMELINACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Among sedges and grasses
- Distribution
- India, Tropical East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Vietnam
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Marathi
- निलिमा
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Little Glory belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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