About Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau
Murdannia semiteres, commonly called the panicled dewflower, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the Commelinaceae family. It is an annual erect herb with reddish branches, and it grows in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Its leaves are threadlike, folded, and smooth. This plant produces blue flowers arranged in panicles, and it has three free sepals. It is native to east-central Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia, as well as Yemen, Iran, India, and Vietnam. In peninsular India, it grows in dense gregarious groups in habitats near permanently moist, exposed rocks and along stream banks.
