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Murdannia graminea (R.Br.) G.Brückn.
Family Commelinaceae
Common name: Grass Lily

Murdannia graminea (R.Br.) G.Brückn. APNI*

Synonyms: Aneilema graminea R.Br. APNI*

Description: Erect, slender perennial herb with thick, tuberous roots; stems ascending, 10–60 cm high.

Leaves mostly basal, with a few cauline; lamina linear, 5–30 cm long, 2–11 mm wide, usually scabrous-pubescent, apex acute; sheath short, 5–15 mm long, sometimes purplish, ciliate at the orifice.

Inflorescence a loose panicle 3–20 cm long; pedicels slender, 3–10 mm long. Outer tepals 6–8 mm long; inner tepals c. 10 mm long, blue or purplish (rarely white). Fertile stamens 3, filaments winged and bearded near the base; staminodes 3, filaments bearded.

Fruit ellipsoidal, 6–10 mm long, enclosed by the persistent sepals; seeds 4 or 5 in each loculus, grey-brown, angular, pitted.


Habit
Photo J. R. Hosking

Flower
Photo J. R. Hosking

Flowering: December–April

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest; north from Gundagai district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson (1993); edited KL Wilson (Jan 2015)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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