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False Day Flower
Commelinantia anomala
31.1343, -97.4667
Field Notes
Description:
Erect plant with many leaves and stems forming a tight clump 12 inches or more tall. Lower leaves are long, narrow, and pointed. Upper leaves on flower stem are clasping. Flower looks like a small, lavender-blue face.
Habitat:
One colony is covering semi shady hillside, in limestone soil. Another is in full sun, growing in gravel over a thin layer of soil.
Notes:
Very lush and dense in spring. When they finish blooming and heat of summer hits, they quickly dry up and vanish.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 13, 2012
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