Entry for COMMELINA eckloniana Kunth [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 ecklonianaKunth [family COMMELINACEAE], Enum. iv. 57
Information
stem 12–18 in. long, diffuse; leaves narrow lanceolate with weak scattered hairs; spathes scattered, peduncled, obliquely funnel-shaped; corolla blue; capsule papery, square, dorsal cell very small empty or 0; seeds 4, globose, smooth. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal, Sanderson! Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Bosch Veld, Rehmann, 4997!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Zeyher!