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|accepted_name=Murdannia spirata
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Bruckner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, zweite Auflage
|place=15a: 173. 1930
|year=1930
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Commelina spirata
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Mant. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 176. 1771
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Murdannia;Murdannia spirata
|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 spirata]]</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, erect to decumbent, usually much branched with age, to 30 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: blade lanceolate-oblong to ovate, 1–4 × 0.3–1 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: cymes 1–2, several-flowered, elongate; bracteoles persistent, 2–6 mm apart. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric, 8 mm wide; sepals 2.5–4 mm; petals rose or lavender with darker veins, 4–5 mm; fertile stamens 3; filaments bearded; staminodes 3. <b>Capsules</b> 3–5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 3–7 per locule, less than 1 mm, warty.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering fall–early winter.
|habitat=Palm hammocks, low prairies, glades, pastures, and roadsides
|distribution=Fla.;native;Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Murdannia spirata</i> was first collected in Florida in 1965.</p>
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name=Murdannia spirata
|authority=(Linnaeus) Bruckner
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Commelina spirata
|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering fall–early winter.
|habitat=Palm hammocks, low prairies, glades, pastures, and roadsides
|distribution=Fla.;native;Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, zweite Auflage
|publication year=1930
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
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|genus=Murdannia
|species=Murdannia spirata
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