Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This small herb grows in damp, shaded soil throughout tropical regions. Its stems produce tiny, three-petaled flowers that open only for a few hours each morning.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Commelinales

Family

Commelinaceae

Genus

Murdannia

Species

Murdannia nudiflora