Changing Color Dewflower
Murdannia versicolor
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- August-November
How to identify Changing Color Dewflower
Identify Changing Color 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: Flowers change color as they age.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple/pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Changing Color Dewflower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Murdannia versicolor
- Genus
- Murdannia
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Changing Color Dewflower itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Changing Color Dewflower
A member of the Commelinaceae family, Changing Color Dewflower (Murdannia versicolor) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 1 other states. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Changing Color Dewflower belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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