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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Commelina virginica   FAMILY Commelinaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina virginica   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Commelina virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-001:

Commelina virginica   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Commelina virginica

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Dayflower


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image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_covi3_001_lvd

        

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_covi3_005_lvd

        

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

JK Marlow    jkm180405_1052

April    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

JK Marlow    jkm120617_027

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

JK Marlow    jkm120617_947

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9172

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

JK Marlow    jkm190614_9173

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

JK Marlow    jkm130726_472

July    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_commelina_virginica

August        

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Commelina virginica, Virginia Dayflower

JK Marlow    jkm161028_029b

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Commelina virginica   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Commelina virginica   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Commelina virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-01-001:
Commelina virginica   FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Commelina virginica

 

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359

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomlands, swamp forests, tidal swamp forests, other moist to wet forests and forest edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
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
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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