Commelina ensifolia (Scurvy Grass)
These flowers were seen in the gardens and the road side in Perth. There are two types of pedicels in a bract:
an erect pedicel has one bud (usually male flower) , a lateral pedicel has some buds (bisexual flowers).
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Commelina ensifolia (Scurvy Grass) Commelinaceae male flower on an erect pedicel |
bisexual flower on a lateral pedicel
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white hairs are seen on stems
and leaves
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| white hairs on the both side of
leaf |
male flower on an erect pedicel | bisexual flower on a lateral
pedicel |
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| male flower on an erect pedicel
it has no pistil |
bisexual flower on a lateral
pedicel, it has a pistil |
erect pedicels have white short hairs |
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| no hair on lateral pedicels | white short hairs on bracts | bracts funnel-shaped;
base fused
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| X shaped staminodes | reversed V shaped staminode | another side of the staminode |
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| both sides of O shaped stamens
white pollens are seen |
pistil
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stigma
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| both sides of a fruit
4 seeds in a fruit |
seed, embryotega and hilum |
