Entry for COMMELINA albescens Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 7, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
COMMELINA albescensHassk. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Æthiop. 210;—Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 373.
Information
stem often 2 ft. long; leaves narrow lanceolate, up to 5 by 3/4 in., nearly glabrous; spathes 1–3 close together, oblique funnel-shaped with acute or hooked point, hispid; petals blue or white; capsule membranous, with 3 ellipsoid, trigonous, smooth, puberulous, largish seeds. null
Range
Distributed throughout Africa, and extends by Arabia and Beloochistan to Sind.
Distribution
KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Barberton, Galpin, 599! 1188.
