A rhizomatous perennial herb ; up to 50 cm long with fibrous , thin or cord-like roots . Stems erect to ascending , or sometimes prostrate , soft , jointed , not rooting at nodes . Leaves distichous ; leaf sheaths usually auriculate at the apex , puberulous ; leaf blade 5–15 × (0 . 6–)1–3 . 7 cm , usually sessile , linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic , apex acuminate , base oblique , surfaces pubescent to subglabrous . Inflorescences spathes clustered , not or somewhat falcate , glabrous to hirsute-puberulous . Flowers blue , bisexual and male ; sepals keeled ; petals blue . Fruit capsule , 4–5 mm long , dorsal cell warty and indehiscent , ventral cells smooth , dehiscent , 3-seeded . Seeds 3–3 . 5 mm long , brown or blackish , smooth with pale yellow patches , sparsely farinose . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Commelina erecta var. typica Fernald
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Dayflower
White Mouth Dayflower
Slender Dayflower
Widow's Tears' Water Grass
Not used traditionally. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
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 POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
