Mat-forming , slightly succulent annual or perennial herb ; up to 30 cm tall with fibrous roots . Stems erect to ascending or prostrate , branched , rooting at the nodes . Leaves alternate , distichous , 2-6 × ± 1 cm , fresh green , lance-shaped , margins undulate , oblong , apex acute to mucronate , parallel veins ; leaf sheath 8-12 mm , puberulous , with colorless hairs at summit . Inflorescences distal cyme usually exserted , 1-flowered , enclosed in a leafy spathe ; spathes solitary , 8-10 × 5-7 mm , enclosing 1-2 flowers on short peduncles 3-7 mm . Flowers bright blue , ± 1 cm wide , pedicellate ; sepals 3 ; petals 3 , bright blue , conspicuous with two free petals above and one below ; stamens 3 . Fruit capsule , ± 6 mm , ovoid , green , white hairs . Seeds 2 . 5 mm , brown-black , smooth , farinose , enclosed in deciduous , muricate , abaxial capsule valve . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Commelina falcata Hassk.
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Rat’s Ear
Blue Wandering-jew
Forsskal's Dayflower
Day flower
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "Other plants which provide rich feed for livestock at this time are given the same name, called ḥerúm ź a‘ alÍg, meaning 'plant of the camel calves', such as the Commelina spp., Ecbolium violaceum, and Termnus repens - small herbs which shoot up at the beginning of the rains, and are heavily browsed by all livestock". (Ref. Plants of Dhofar).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://casabio.org *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
