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marsh dewflower

Murdannia keisak

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) krechmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.

United States	2,802
Virginia	721
Maryland	517
North Carolina	417
Georgia	300
South Carolina	188
Tennessee	118
Alabama	114
Arkansas	96
West Virginia	73

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	monocots · Liliopsida
Order	Spiderworts and Allies · Commelinales
Family	Spiderworts · Commelinaceae
Genus	Murdannia

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise marsh dewflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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