Scrambling or semi-erect rhizomatous perennial herb ; up to 30 cm high with fibrous , thin or moderately thick roots . Stems sparsely to densely branched , erect to ascending or prostrate , greenish purple . Leaves arranged spirally or distichous , 3-10(-15) × 1-2 cm , puberulous to pilose , linear , sessile , base forming a sheath around the stem ; leaf sheath up to 4 cm long , puberulous , ciliate above , sometimes purple-veined , apex acute . Inflorescences terminal , enclosed in a leafy spathaceous bract ; spathes subsessile , clustered , 10-15 × ± 10 mm , rarely solitary , usually strongly falcate or recurved , apex acuminate ; pedicel 5-6 mm . Flowers pale blue to lilac to white , bisexual , ± 8 mm wide , pedicellate ; sepals 3 , the inner 2 forming a keel , 4-5 mm ; petals 3 , pale blue to lilac to white (white to pale blue with age) , 6-7 mm ; stamens 3 . Fruit capsule , ± 4 mm , subglobose , 3-celled , cells 1-seeded , dorsal cell indehiscent , ventral cells smooth , dehiscent .
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Not Common
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Commelina albescens var. hirsutissima Chiov.
Commelina multicaulis Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke
Commelina schimperiana Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke
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Baar (Somali)
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "Other plants which provide rich feed for livestock at this time are given the same name, called ḥerúm ź a‘ alÍg, meaning 'plant of the camel calves', such as the Commelina spp., Ecbolium violaceum, and Termnus repens - small herbs which shoot up at the beginning of the rains, and are heavily browsed by all livestock". (Ref. Plants of Dhofar).
Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://en.wikipedia.org https://casabio.org https://www.dickinson.edu http://www.efloras.org Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
