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|accepted_name=Murdannia keisak
|accepted_authority=(Hasskarl) Handel-Mazzetti
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Symb. Sin.
|place=7: 1243. 1936
|year=1936
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aneilema keisak
|authority=Hasskarl
|rank=species
|publication_title=Commelin. Ind.,
|publication_place=32. 1870
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Murdannia;Murdannia keisak
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Murdannia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Murdannia keisak]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with long-trailing, decumbent shoots. <b>Leaves</b>: blade linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, 1.5–7 × 0.2–1 cm, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and in distal leaf axils; cymes 1-several, 1-flowered, solitary or fascicled. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric, 1 cm wide; sepals 5–6 mm; petals purplish lilac or purple to pink or white, 5–8 mm; stamens 3; filaments bearded; staminodes 3. <b>Capsules</b> (4–)5–9 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 2–6 per locule, 1.6–3 mm, faintly ribbed.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering fall.
|habitat=Roadside ditches and swales, margins of lakes, creeks, rivers, swamps, bogs, swamp forest, and other aquatic habitats, often growing in water
|distribution=Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Oreg.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Wash.;Europe;native;Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>I agree with C. P. Dunn and R. R. Sharitz (1990) that this species is still expanding its range since its introduction early this century.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=dunn1990a
|text=Dunn, C. P., and R. R. Sharitz. 1990. The history of Murdannia keisak (Commelinaceae) in the southeastern United States. Castanea 55: 122--129.
}}
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name=Murdannia keisak
|authority=(Hasskarl) Handel-Mazzetti
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Aneilema keisak
|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering fall.
|habitat=Roadside ditches and swales, margins of lakes, creeks, rivers, swamps, bogs, swamp forest, and other aquatic habitats, often growing in water
|distribution=Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Oreg.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Wash.;Europe;native;Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=dunn1990a
|publication title=Symb. Sin.
|publication year=1936
|special status=Weedy;Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Murdannia
|species=Murdannia keisak
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