Records determined by Robert Faden

Trailing herb. Stems light green with white tough hairs; leaves glabrous; flowers light purple; roots difficult to remove from ground.

Herb with striped calyx, in open Brachystegia torrei woodland. In shade of tree.

Flowering. The record and image are online at https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/botany/ and may be found by searching for Barcode 00578065.

Creeping herb; flowers yellow.

Flowers orange

Herb, yellow flowered monocot

Rare in miombo; to 1.5 m tall; calyx deep purple-red; petals orange; filaments purple; anthers yellow; immature fruits green. Roots with irregular, fleshy thickenings.

Occasional; herbaceous, petals light purple, light purple with furry filaments, anthers bright yellow.

Occasional; along stream and in wet areas; upright; plant all green; calyx bracts translucent green to purple; petals blue; anthers yellow; seed capsule scarious, brown; seeds white (unripe?).

Herb, 12 cm. Stem soft light green with reddish-brown tint at base; leaves glabrous dark green; flowers lavender, forming clusters.

Common; herb; as undergrowth in Baikiaea forest; plant green with white hairs; flowers blue; anthers yellow; inflorescence very hairy.

Herb to 1 m, occasional between rocks in bushy groups understory. Stems brown-red fading to green on young ones. Flowers blue. Fruits green with brown tints on the tips.

Herb; 60 cm, erect. Plant with white hairs. Flowering peduncles white tinged with blue. Calyx green, sticky, glossy. Corolla blue, anthers yellow, exerted. Fruits white tinged with green, sticky.

An erect herb 20 cm tall with a small, tight terminal inflorescence of tiny flowers and buds. Pedicels blue. Growing on a roadside verge in the shade of a tree.-x000D- [photograph of live plant attached to sheet]

Herb 10 cm tall with lilac flowers in tightly compact heads. Occasional. In humus-rich soil in dappled shade of riverine growth., Occurrence: occasional

Flowers yellow

Occasional herb among rocks in woodland; calyx translucent green; petals orange.

Small erect herb with tiny yellow flowers in tightly clustered heads, growing in long grass on forest edge.

30 cm prostrate vine growing in seasonal flooded area. Pink and yellow inflorescence.

Small-flowered bushy herb with erect wiry maroon stems ca. 20 cm high. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, slightly recurved and folded. One population seen in the shade of a huge spreading Albizia adianthifolia, on sandy soils in a clearing in Licuati Thic

Spreading herb with yellow flowers; glabrous except for cilia on leaf sheath. In dappled shade of Brachystegia torrei sand forest. On a sand bank.

Erect bushy herb 30 cm tall with yellow flowers and narrow leaves. Growing at campsite in bare sandy soil, still flowering in the afternoon.

Spathes have white bases with a green lining on top. Yellow flowers. Base of leaves were slightly hairy. Flowers occur in groups at the tip of the stem. Fairly common on these slopes.

A 20 cm tall, erect herb with yellow flowers, mauve claws and purple filaments. Spathes terminally clustered and acuminate. Leaves partially folded. Growing in Miombo woodland in dappled shade.

Blue flowers. In light shade of coastal woodland in woodland /thicket mosaic on sands.

An uncommon herb with erect stems to 40 cm tall. Flowers blue. Subterranean flowers collected, too! Growing in woodland at the base of a granite outcrop in shade. In deep soil.

A herb with 1 m long stems scrambling through grass. Tiny blue flowers. Ovate leaves and red cilia on leaf-sheaths.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

Herb. Stems light green with brown coloration; leaves light green; flowers purple.

A locally common herb with 'variegated' lanceolate leaves, forming a ground cover. Flowers blue. Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in the shade next to the gravel road., Occurrence: locally common

A groundcovering herb with blue-green leaves and blue flowers. Locally common.-x000D- Habitat: Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in shade along the gravel roadside., Occurrence: locally common

A herb with blue flowers and erect shoots. Leaves linear-elliptic. Growing on a steep S-facing granite outcrop; in shallow pockets of soil.

Bushy herb to 20 cm tall, with trailing and erect stems. The blue flowers open early in the morning. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ca. 60 mm long, with oblique base and auricles at the sheath. Cilia at the mouth of the sheath are white. Spathe ca 20 mm lo

As var. lagosensis in BNRH. Small trailing herb, glabrous, with blue flowers. On sandy margins of track, on ecotone between Licuati Thicket and coastal woodland.

Flowers with 2 large blue petals, sepals whitish with blue tint at edges. Leaf sheath purplish.

Only one plant seen flowering. Plant rooting at nodes. Flowers blue flowers. Dark green leaves.

Herb, rooting at the nodes; with tiny blue flowers with conspicuous 3rd petal. Rare. Growing in semi-shade of forest edge next to road on an earth bank., Occurrence: rare

This is also a first record of the species and subspecies from Mozambique. The subspecies is otherwise known only from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland. (Robert Faden pers. comm with Barbara Turpin, 2017).

Stems dark green, semi solid complete glabrous; leaves dark green, glabrous; flowers purplish-blue with light green calyx.

As Commelina erecta erecta in BNRH.Common herb with blue flowers, growing in a clearing in the forest., Occurrence: common

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. A sub-erect herb with glabrous leaves with lighter coloured midrib. Spathes and leaf sheaths hispid. Spathes terminally clustered, producing ink-blue-flowers. Locally common in open short grassy area, occasionally mown.

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. A sub-erect herb with glabrous leaves with lighter coloured midrib. Spathes and leaf sheaths hispid. Spathes terminally clustered, producing ink-blue flowers. Locally common in clearing in evergreen forest on coastal plain, on gentle slope.

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. Herb with lilac flowers, lanceolate leaves with light green mid-rib. Growing on the edge of forest near the Little Mussapa River.

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. A trailing herb with blue flowers on ascending shoots. Much-branched. Leaves linear-elliptic. Growing along the road in sand forest.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. Bushy herb with lilac flowers and scabrid leaves; in dappled shade of forest margin.

Occasional; in very wet area; scrambling herb with succulent stem, sheaths with longitudinal red-purple stripes; inflorescence bract with red purple stripes on light green; tepals light purple.

Herb; 80 cm, erect. Stems swollen, succulent. Leaf nodes tinged with red. Inflorescence bracts pale green. Flowers pale purple to almost white. Anthers bright yellow turning blackish. Young fruits green with purple margins. Common.

A creeping herb with erect flowering stems. Scabrid, light green leaves. Locally common in open short grassy area, occasionally mown.

A blue flowered herb with erect flowering stems 15 cm tall. Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in full sun along the gravel roadside.

A mat-forming herb with erect flowering shoots and tiny blue flowers. In coastal thicket on deep sand in deep shade.

Herb with tiny blue flowers and blue filaments. Capsules present. Rare - only one plant seen. Growing in rocky, sandy soil next to the road in full sun on a quartzite outcrop., Occurrence: rare

Decumbent herb with mauve flowers growing in long grass on forest edge. Scattered.-x000D- [Extract from R.B. Faden's e mail to B.C. Turpin July 2010]-x000D- Turpin 302 Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke-x000D- First record from Mozambique. The mountains in eastern Zimb

Annual; occasional in rocky areas; not widespread; base of stem purple; nodes purple; bracts white at base, green at edges.

Erect to 20 cm. Stems light green with a red tint towards the base; light green bracts; white floral parts.

Herb; 45 cm, erect. Stems reddish-green. Inflorescence bracts green to white, drying brown. Corolla pale orange. Anthers yellow, filaments pale purple. Common in grassy hillsides.

Occasional; somewhat succulent; annual; in rice field; stems dull orange-green at base; bracts streaked boldly in red; tepals dull orange; anthers bright yellow.

Common; in open grassy areas; full sun; base of stem red-purple, bracts light green; petals orange pale.

Upright; perennial; stems red at base; bracts bright green; tepals and filaments bright blue; anthers yellow.

Herb growing between rocks in shade. Stems light green. Leaves rough to touch. Flowers blue. Anthers yellow.

Creeper; Notes: Herbaceous creeper-like plant. Purple flowers. Leaves sheathed. Short roots at nodes. Stems covered in short white hair. Grows in shade in sandy white soil.

An uncommon herb with stems looping along the ground rooting at the nodes. Flowers already over when collected. -x000D- In woodland at the base of granite outcrop in shaded, shallow soil.

A robust herb with large leaves with undulating margins. The big blue flowers have 'cup-hook'-shaped purple stamens [illustration]. Growing at the roadside in tall mixed woodland.

Herb with blue flowers and colourless hairs on leaves. Growing near the Little Mussapa River on edge of forest.

Robust herb froming colonies, with large leaves flushed through with purple-pink, apparently sterile; growing in shade of forest patch in high-rainfall woodland on sandy soils.

Petals pink and anthers blue with succulent stem. All flowers terminal. Up to 20 cm tall. A few plants seen.

Erect herb 40 cm tall with cauline leaves. Rosulate leaves absent. Bulb-like root near surface of soil. Localised. Growing on forest edge in long grass. Rocky., Occurrence: locally common

Rare at edge of dry dambo on sand; stems with light reddish tinge; upper edge of inflorescence bracts with reddish tinge; tepals deep purple; anthers yellow-orange.

Herbaceous; runner; in flat plain; stems and leaves growing in the flat plains, stems and leaves red and green; leaves are red adaxially, green abaxially; flowers white, with light green bracts.

Lianescent shrub ca. 1 m. Stems light green with brown tint; leaves green with short shiny hairs; flowers bright purple with yellow stamens.

Low-growing/semi-prostrate herb in light shade on outer margins of termite mound forest, in miombo woodland. Locally frequent.

Annual herb between rocks, 8 cm. Stems light green with brown tint; leaves light green with white hairs; flowers dirty white to creamy.

Erect to 10 cm on rocks; leaves light green to yellow with red-purple sheath; flowers purple.

Herb; 20 cm, erect. Plant succulent. Stems reddish. Leaves green to red. Fruits straw brown, inconspicuous. At base of sandstone rock.

Growing in crevices in granite boulders., Occurrence: common

Common suffrutex; lower stems red; nodes red; bracts green; petals light purple; filaments with purple hairs; anthers and pollen yellow.

Occasional in patches under shrubs; stems at node and sheath red-pink; tepals deep purple; anthers bright yellow.

At woodland border; sheath of leaves red-purple; from extensive fleshy roots; bract leaf with red splotches; anther fuzzy and light purple; anther yellow.

Occasional between rocks in woodland. Stems reddish purple. Leaves green with reddish purple colorations. Fruits green with brown tips.

Tree Society mapping record

Tree Society mapping record

Herb; 60 cm, semi-erect. Calyx pale lavender, fuzzy, corolla pale lavender, anthers yellow. Uncommon on edge of dambo.

Tufted fern, no fertile fronds

Infrequent suffrutex from fleshy roots; nodes purple; pedicel and base of calyx purple-black; at anthesis calyx translucent green; petals light purple; filaments white; anthers blue.

Frequent and widely scattered herb from fleshy root; lower nodes red; nodes of inflorescence and base of calyx purple; calyx lobes green; petals light purple; anthers yellow.

Occasional herb from thickened roots; leaves reddish at bases; pedicels light pink-purple; calyx light green; petals purple; anthers yellow; style white; immature fruits light green to light purple.

Upright; red at the base; roots fibrous, white; leaves sheathed at base; red-brown at base, green towards the tip; stems light green to reddish-brown, hard, round; common; in the swampy area.

A herb with lilac flowers - 3 equal-sized petals - flowering in the late afternoon. Erect stems. Growing in open woodland/Berlinia thicket.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]