Asiatic Dayflower

Invasive  Information

Scientific Name:   Commelina communis


Native to eastern Asia.

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Asiatic Dayflower

Genus species: Commelina communis
Common Name: Asiatic Dayflower
Family Name: Commelinaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves alternate, simple, tapering to sheathing bases; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, in various clusters, opening for only several hours; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue White
Identified by:A. Swanson
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