Asiatic dayflower

Commelina communis L.

Appearance: Commelina communis is an annual herb with many branched, prostrate stems, which are minutely pubescent distally, and about 3.4 ft. (1 m) long.
Foliage: The leaves are lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.2-3.5 in. (3–9 cm) long and 0.6-0.8 in. (1.5–2 cm) wide.
Flowers: The inflorescence is a cyme with one flower near the top, with dark blue petals and membranous sepals about 0.2 in. (5 mm) long.
Fruit: Fruit are two-valved capsules that are elliptic from 2-3 in. (5–7 mm). The two seeds in each valve are brown-yellow, 0.08-0.12 in. (2–3 mm) long, irregularly pitted, flat-sided, and truncate at one end.
Ecological Threat: Commelina communis can be found in moist, shady forest edges. It can be found in wet areas of crop fields, orchards, ditches, and roadsides.

Flower(s) Martin County, KY
Wendy VanDyk Evans, , Bugwood.org
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Flower(s)
Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org
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Foliage
Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Seed(s)
Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s)
Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org
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Foliage
Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s)
Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org
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Stem(s)
Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s)
James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s) in July
James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org
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