Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
date: label: Collection Date
content: 26 May 2004
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 78 - Southeastern U.S.A.
label: Collector
content: Robert B. Faden
notes: label: Notes
content: FIELD DATA: ETHIOPIA. Kefa Province, Jima-Bonga road, just before Bonga; across the road from a large quarry. 7°18.87' N, 36°14.28' E. Alt: 1700 m. Moist grassy area at forest edge with tree ferns and Phoenix. Mat-forming perennial; upper cincinnus with 1-2 ? flowers, flowers ca. 10-12 mm wide; all petals sky blue, the medial broadly ovate, cup-shaped; staminodes 2, the 3rd lacking or vestigial, antherode pale yellow, 4-6 lobed or irregular; stamen filaments blue-violet, tipped white, connective gray-green, pollensacs dark, pollen golden yellow; medial anther connective white, pollensacs & pollen golden yellow; style blue-violet, white at apex. Common. Collector: R.B. & A.J. Faden 2003/032. Collected: 16 September 2003.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Smithsonian Greenhouse., Prince George's, Maryland, United States, North America
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Other Numbers
content: Smithsonian Greenhouse Accession No : 2003-092
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Monocotyledonae Commelinales Commelinaceae