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	The species has been eaten as a green vegetable by [[Aboriginal Australians\|Aboriginals]]. European settlers also ate the plant to prevent [[scurvy]], giving rise the common name of scurvy grass.<ref name="CribbCribb1987">{{cite book\|author1=A. B. Cribb\|author2=Joan Winifred Cribb\|author3=Charles McCubbin\|title=Wild Food in Australia\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YABvAAAACAAJ\|year=1987\|publisher=Fontana/Collins\|isbn=978-0-00-636571-6}}</ref>		The species has been eaten as a green vegetable by [[Aboriginal Australians\|Aboriginals]]. European settlers also ate the plant to prevent [[scurvy]], giving rise the common name of scurvy grass.<ref name="CribbCribb1987">{{cite book\|author1=A. B. Cribb\|author2=Joan Winifred Cribb\|author3=Charles McCubbin\|title=Wild Food in Australia\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YABvAAAACAAJ\|year=1987\|publisher=Fontana/Collins\|isbn=978-0-00-636571-6}}</ref>

	The species is a minor weed in some parts of its natural range.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Commelina ensifolia\|url=http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255\|website=Discover Nature at JCU\|publisher=James Cook University Australia\|accessdate=21 August 2014\|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140821031237/http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255\|archive-date=21 August 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The species is a minor weed in some parts of its natural range.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Commelina ensifolia\|url=http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255\|website=Discover Nature at JCU\|publisher=James Cook University Australia\|accessdate=21 August 2014\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140821031237/http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255\|archive-date=21 August 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2013}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Commelina ensifolia habit.jpg
|genus = Commelina
|species = ensifolia
|authority = [[R.Br.]]
|synonyms =
}}

'''''Commelina ensifolia''''', commonly known as '''scurvy weed''', '''scurvy grass''' or '''wandering Jew''',<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Commelina_ensifolia.htm |title=''Commelina ensifolia'' |website=[[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants]] Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [[Australian Government]] |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=atlasau>{{cite web|title=Commelina ensifolia|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:447993|website=Atlas of Living Australia|accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref> is an annual herb native to [[Australia]], [[India]], and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=233872 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>

The species grows as a [[Prostrate shrub|prostrate herb]], producing roots from the stem at the nodes.<ref name="RFK" /> Flowers are bright blue with three petals, however one petal is much smaller than the others, often producing an appearance of two petals.
The species prefers moist soils, but has a broad natural range, extending from coastal monsoon forest to the arid central deserts where it grows as an ephemeral following favourable rains.<ref name="RFK" /><ref name=atlasau /><ref name="JessopSociety1981">{{cite book|author1=John Jessop|author2=Australian Systematic Botany Society|title=Flora of Central Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YQ_AAAAYAAJ|date=1 January 1981|publisher=Reed}}</ref>
The species has been eaten as a green vegetable by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginals]]. European settlers also ate the plant to prevent [[scurvy]], giving rise the common name of scurvy grass.<ref name="CribbCribb1987">{{cite book|author1=A. B. Cribb|author2=Joan Winifred Cribb|author3=Charles McCubbin|title=Wild Food in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YABvAAAACAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Fontana/Collins|isbn=978-0-00-636571-6}}</ref>

The species is a minor weed in some parts of its natural range.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commelina ensifolia|url=http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255|website=Discover Nature at JCU|publisher=James Cook University Australia|accessdate=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140821031237/http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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[[Category:Commelina|ensifolia]]
[[Category:Leaf vegetables]]
[[Category:Flora of the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Flora of Queensland]]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Flora of India (region)]]
[[Category:Flora of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1810]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)]]

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