Click the number at the start of a key lead to highlight both that lead and its corresponding lead. Click again to show only the two highlighted leads. Click a third time to return to the full key with the selected leads still highlighted.

Click images to enlarge and show more photo credit.

Key to Callisia

Commelinaceae

Callisia

Copy permalink to share

(c) Herzog, Claire - CC-BY
1 Leaves 15-30 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide; stems ascending; [section Callisia, “C. fragrans Group”]
(c) Shorma, Jared - CC-BY
1 Leaves 1-3.5 cm long, 0.3-1.4 cm wide; stems creeping.
(c) Shorma, Jared - CC-BY
(c) Dyke, Mitch Van - CC-BY
  2 Flowers sessile or nearly so; capsule with 2 locules; [section Callisia, “C. repens Group”]
  2 Flowers pedicellate; capsule with 3 locules.
(c) Cortés, Juan Cruzado - CC-BY-SA
    3 Inflorescences pedunculate; petals white, ca. 2.5 mm long; filaments glabrous; [FL]; [section Leptocallisia]
(c) Hill, Sonnia
    3 Inflorescences sessile or nearly so; petals pink to rose, 5-7 mm long; filaments bearded; [s. TX]; [section Brachyphylla]