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Learn more about Commelina from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Contrary to the specific epithet, C. erecta var. angustifolia is a trailing plant, the stems sometimes as long as 1.3m, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia   FAMILY Commelinaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia

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

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cocr4_001_lvd

        

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.

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.

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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia   FAMILY Commelinaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia

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