Commelina erecta L.
Detail
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Botanical Name
- Commelina erecta L.
- Common Name
- Slender Dayflower, Erect Dayflower
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Commelina erecta L.
- Comments
- Two seemingly intergradational and sympatric varieties are sometimes recognized in our area: var. erecta and var. angustifolia (Michx.) Fern. These, along with the midwestern var. deamiana Fern., are considered of "questionable significance" by FNA.
- Habitat
- Dry, sandy or rocky woodlands, shale barrens, and rock outcrops; occurs on both basic and acidic rocks, including sandstones, shales, granites and granitic gneisses, metabasalt, and amphibolite; occasionally on rocky flood-scoured riversides. Infrequent throughout; apparently absent from far sw. Virginia.
- Native Status
- Native
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