Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Commelina communis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Asiatic Dayflower from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina communis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. communis
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. ludens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-003:
Commelina communis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
COMMON NAME:
Asiatic Dayflower, Common Dayflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coco3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_coco3_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0305k_06
May Greenville County SC
Leaves lanceolate-ovate, 2-5" long, bases sheathing the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Ben Geer Keys bgk356_a
July
Flowers subtended by folded heart-shaped spathe, its edges not joined, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0308m_15
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080816_017
August Greenville County SC
Lower petal white and reduced, so the flower appears to be only 2 petals, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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JK Marlow jkm080818_001
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190831_1081
August Greenville County SC
Leaves with tubular sheaths that are 0.7-2.5cm long and have ciliate margins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190831_1084
August Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_communis_ludens
August
Commelina communis var. ludens
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Gill Newberry gn09_c_communis_var_luden
September
Var. ludens: larger petals intense violet blue, sterile anthers w dark spot, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm130927_516
September Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm130927_519
September Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruits 3-celled capsules: Two cells have 2 seeds each, the 3rd cell aborts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Gill Newberry gn10_c_communis
October
Var. communis: larger petals pale blue, sterile anthers completely yellow, per Weakley's Flora.
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Gill Newberry gn10_c_communis_dayflower
October
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_1120052
Month Unknown
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Julia Scher, Federal Noxious Weeds Disseminules, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5376379
Month Unknown
Seeds rugose foveate-reticulate, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_5436572
Month Unknown
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_9005097b
Month Unknown
Spathes generally pale toward peduncle, with contrasting dark green veins, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Commelina communis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina communis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. communis
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. ludens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-003:
Commelina communis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
356
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Old World
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in gardens, bottomlands, disturbed ground, 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.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p040
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p040
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p190
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p398
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p158
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p014
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p014
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p341
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p393
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p004