Commelina cyanea R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Perennial herb; stems prostrate and ascending, glabrous or almost so, roots fleshy.
Leaves with lamina ovate to narrow-ovate, 2–7 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, green, apex acuminate; sheath membranous, shortly pilose at the mouth.
Spathes solitary, 1–2 cm long, apex acuminate, on slender peduncles 1–2 cm long. Cymes 2, one often suppressed. Inner tepals deep blue.
Capsule 5-seeded; dorsal loculus 1-seeded, indehiscent, ventral loculus 2-seeded; seeds 2–3 mm long, dull brown or black, pitted or reticulate.
Flowering: spring–autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in moist forest or woodland; sometimes weedy; north from Narooma.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, NWS, CWS, NWP, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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