Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Commelina virginica
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 virginica
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-001:
Commelina virginica
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
COMMON NAME:
Virginia 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_covi3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_covi3_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180405_1052
April Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm170502_458
May Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Leaves lanceolate, 4-8" long, 1-2" wide, leaf bases sheathing the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm120617_027
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120617_029
June Spartanburg County SC
Sheath margins noticeably hairy with coarse reddish hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm120617_947
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2657
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Coarse herbaceous perennial with erect stems 10-36" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm190614_9172
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm190614_9173
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130726_472
July Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_commelina_virginica_2
July
Flowers from within greenish spathes, usually in a terminal cluster, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Steve Marlow snm_1206vadayflower2
July Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
All petals blue, ephemeral, one slightly smaller than others, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_commelina_virginica
August
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JK Marlow jkm161013_920
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
Numerous terminal spathes [easier to see here with the flowers gone], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm161028_029b
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Commelina virginica
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina virginica
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-001:
Commelina virginica
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
359
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Look for it in bottomlands, swamp forests, other moist to wet forests and forest edges, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p300
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p120
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p398
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p158
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p342
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p394
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p004