Mat-forming , slightly succulent annual or perennial herb ; up to 30 cm tall with fibrous roots . Stems erect to ascending or prostrate , branched , rooting at the nodes . Leaves alternate , distichous , 2-6 × ± 1 cm , fresh green , lance-shaped , margins undulate , oblong , apex acute to mucronate , parallel veins ; leaf sheath 8-12 mm , puberulous , with colorless hairs at summit . Inflorescences distal cyme usually exserted , 1-flowered , enclosed in a leafy spathe ; spathes solitary , 8-10 × 5-7 mm , enclosing 1-2 flowers on short peduncles 3-7 mm . Flowers bright blue , ± 1 cm wide , pedicellate ; sepals 3 ; petals 3 , bright blue , conspicuous with two free petals above and one below ; stamens 3 . Fruit capsule , ± 6 mm , ovoid , green , white hairs . Seeds 2 . 5 mm , brown-black , smooth , farinose , enclosed in deciduous , muricate , abaxial capsule valve . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Commelina falcata Hassk.
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Rat’s Ear
Blue Wandering-jew
Forsskal's Dayflower
Day flower
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 Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. 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
