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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Murdannia keisak   FAMILY Commelinaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Murdannia keisak   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Murdannia keisak

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Murdannia keisak

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-02-002:

Aneilema keisak   FAMILY Commelinaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb


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image of Murdannia keisak, Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_muke_002_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm130524_076

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Murdannia keisak, Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb

JK Marlow    jkm140831_176

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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Gill Newberry    gn09_aneilema

September        

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Gill Newberry    gn09_anilema_fl

September        

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Gill Newberry    gn09_anilema_k_habit

September        

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JK Marlow    jkm070908_019

September    Greenville County    SC

Creek

Decumbent plant with solitary (or few) flowers growing from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Murdannia keisak, Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb

JK Marlow    jkm120908_407

September    Greenville County    SC

Superficially suggestive of a miniature Spiderwort, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Murdannia keisak, Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb

JK Marlow    jkm210907_3548

September    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaves 1-7cm long, 3-12mm wide, sheaths 5-15mm long and ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm210907_3549

September    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaves alternate, linear to lanceolate, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

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Keith Bradley    kab_murdannia_keisak_2599

September    Lexington County    SC

Saluda Shoals Park

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Roxanna Martin    rlm91811_113

September    Spartanburg County    SC

The petals are no more than 3/8" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Murdannia keisak, Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb

Roxanna Martin    rlm91811_217

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Plants resembling Commelina but flowers not borne in a conspicuous sheath, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Murdannia keisak, Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_murdannia_keisak

September        

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JK Marlow    s080924_x

September    Greenville County    SC

Creek/River

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Murdannia keisak   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Murdannia keisak   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Murdannia keisak

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Murdannia keisak

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-02-002:
Aneilema keisak   FAMILY Commelinaceae

 

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: Stream banks, canals, ditches, freshwater marshes (tidal and non-tidal), swamp forests, wet disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in Carolina Mountains)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish-lilac
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
3 fertile stamens, 3 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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