Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Commelina erecta var. erecta
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. erecta
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-002:
Commelina erecta
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
COMMON NAME:
Erect Dayflower, Slender Dayflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7919
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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John B. Nelson jbn_135040519_3b5f71e7bc
July Sumter County SC
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Tim Spira tps_cerecta_arabiamtn5
August
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7260
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Larger leaves typically 3-6× as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7265
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
2 pale blue (rarely pink) petals up to 1" long & a smaller white lower petal, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7268
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves narrow, 2-6" long, with a white hairy sheath around stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_commelina_erecta_6
September
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7460
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7461
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
View from behind.
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7464
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flowers subtended by folded heart-shaped spathe, its margins fused basally, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_commelina_erecta
October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Commelina erecta var. erecta
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina erecta var. erecta
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-002:
Commelina erecta
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
3120
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Look for it in dry openings and woodlands, esp in thin soil around rock outcrops, streambanks, riverbanks, mesic forests, 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 Atlantic Southeast p398?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p156?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p158?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p342
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p394
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p354
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p004