Floscopa Lour.
spiderwort
Commelinaceae
Commelina, Murdannia, Sphaerocaryum, Tradescantia
tropical New and Old World
Floscopa scandens Lour.
information not available
not weedy
terrestrial terrestrial:
(adj) growing on land as opposed to living in water
to wetland obligate stem plant
Creeping, ascending or erect, often rooting from the lower nodes. Leaves fleshy, alternatealternate:
(adj) (of leaves) bearing one leaf per node; placed singly on the stem at different heights
, often in groups of 3-4 at the top; ± sessilesessile:
(adj) attached directly, without a stalk
. Inflorescenceinflorescence:
(n) the arrangement of flowers on the floral axis
a terminalterminal:
(adj) at the apex
, branched paniclepanicle:
(n) an indeterminate, branched (often much-branched) inflorescence; the ultimate units may be of a different inflorescence type
, glandular-pubescent; bracts often small. Flowers sessilesessile:
(adj) attached directly, without a stalk
or pedicellatepedicellate:
(adj) borne on a pedicel
; sepals 3, free, ellipticalelliptical:
(adj) in the form of an ellipse (oval)
or oblong-lanceolate, slightly concave, persistentpersistent:
(adj) (of leaves etc,) remaining attached; not being dropped or falling off
, glabrousglabrous:
(adj) without hairs or scales
to hairy; petals 3, pink to purple, sometimes white, free, obovateobovate:
(adj) ovate, with the narrow end at the base
; stamens 6, in 2 rows of 3.
wetlands; in or along marshes, swamps, rivers, streams
The majority of species (about 25) are wetland obligates. Floscopa scandens is regularly sold as an aquarium plant.