Sheathed Dewflower
Murdannia vaginata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- July-October
How to identify Sheathed Dewflower
Identify Sheathed 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: Sheathed (vaginate) leaf bases.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple/pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sheathed Dewflower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Murdannia vaginata
- Genus
- Murdannia
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist localities in the plains
- Habitat type
- Plains
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, China
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Himachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-October
- 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 Sheathed Dewflower itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sheathed Dewflower
A member of the Commelinaceae family, Sheathed Dewflower (Murdannia vaginata) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and 4 other states. It grows in moist localities in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to October.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Sheathed Dewflower belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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