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Outer perianth segments green, herbaceous; leaf sheath closed (i.e., the margins fused) Commelinaceae
Inflorescence not enclosed in a folded leafy spathe but often with 2 leaf-like bracts at the base
Leaves 10–15 cm long. Fruit indehiscent, 6 mm diam., with a bluish dry brittle pericarp. Stems creeping, rooting at the base but finally erect. Filaments glabrous Pollia