Virginia Dayflower

(Commelina virginica)

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica)

Identification: Plant erect, not reclining along the ground. Flowers with two large, blue dorsal banners and a smaller blue, single lobed lower petal. Stamens tipped with yellow. Leaves, broad, grasslike, and wrapping around the stem. Plant 1 to 3.5 feet in height.

Distribution: Illinois in the west to southern Pennsylvania in the east, southward to Florida and Texas.

Habitat: Virginia Dayflower is found in the moist soils of woods and thickets.

Flowering period: July to October.

Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica)

Similar Species:

Slender Dayflower (Commelina erecta)

Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)

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