Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Commelina from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-002:
Commelina erecta
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Commelina angustifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Commelina crispa
COMMON NAME:
Sand Dayflower, Pineland Dayflower, Slender Dayflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cocr4_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_c_erecta_09970
April Monroe County FL
Valhalla Rock Barren
A smaller plant than var. erecta of the Piedmont and low Mountains, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_erecta_74625
September Miami-Dade County FL
There are two blue petals plus a third that is white and much smaller, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Keith Bradley kab_c_erecta_74649
September Miami-Dade County FL
Flowers grow from within broad fused bracts (spathes) that sheath the stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-002:
Commelina erecta
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Commelina angustifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Commelina crispa
3084
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in NC-SC Piedmont)
Look for it on dunes and dry sand flats on barrier islands, sandhills, other dry sandy sites, shale barrens, other dry rocky sites, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals, the lateral two partly united
3 petals, the upper two large and the lowest smaller
3 fertile stamens, 3 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p156?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p158?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p092