Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Commelina caroliniana
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about the original distribution of Commelina caroliniana from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Indian Dayflower from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina caroliniana
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-005:
Commelina caroliniana
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Commelina caroliniana
INCLUDING
-
Commelina hasskarlii
COMMON NAME:
Indian Dayflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Commelina caroliniana
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina caroliniana
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-005:
Commelina caroliniana
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Commelina caroliniana
INCLUDING
-
Commelina hasskarlii
4224
Forb
Annual
Non-native: India & Bangladesh
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in moist disturbed areas, 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!