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Callisia repens L.

Somewhat weedy monocot herb, creeping; leaves lanceolate, attached to the stem via a leaf sheath; flowers clustered in axils of reduced (bracteal) leaves at the ends of stems, apetalous.

Additional images:

• leaves at shoot apex
• leaves and pistillate flowers
• leaf and pistillate flower

Additional images (photographed at the University of Richmond Department of Biology Greenhouse):

• habit
• habit
• transition to flowering, bracteal leaves at stem apex
• transition to flowering, bracteal leaves at stem apex
• flowers
• flowers

This plant is sometimes cultivated in hanging baskets or as a groundcover.