Creeping plant with two, deep blue petals on each flower that are open for less than one day. |
Two large blue petals and one smaller appear for a short time, maybe a day. Common herb or weed in moist gardens. |
Low growing herb with two larger oval petals to each flower. Leaf shape and colors highly variable. |
Three more-or-less equal blue petals. Knot-like swellings on stems below open flowers. Narrow leaves. |
Vine-like, herbaceous or slightly woody plant clambers over other vegetation. Two petals much larger than the third. Partly shady undergrowth. |
The purple-blue flowers with two enlarged petals are set in a compact spike of many flowers. |
Small, three-petaled, purple flowers with 6 stamens. Leaf bases with sheathes giving stem jointed look. Succulent. |
Aquatic plant of shallow flooded areas, marshes. Clasping linear leaves. Showy purple flowers in many-headed clusters. |
Decumbent, partly succulent plant with dark, purplish leaves and lavender purple blooms. Non-native escaped from landscapes and gardens. |
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Michael J. Plagens, page created 16 February 2015,
updated 22 Nov. 2017.
By no means am I an expert on the Natural History of Kenya. I am a novice exploring this part of the World. By creating a page for the species as I encounter them I am teaching myself. If the reader finds an error, please let me know so that I can make corrections (use copyright link).