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Commelina diffusa, sometimes known as the climbing dayflower or spreading dayflower, is a pantropical herbaceous plant in the dayflower family.It has been introduced to the southeastern United States where it is most common in wet disturbed soils.
Commelina erecta, commonly known as the white mouth dayflower, slender dayflower, or widow's tears, is a perennial herb native throughout the Americas, Africa and western Asia. It is considered to be the most variable species of Commelina in North America.
Commelina communis, commonly known as the Asiatic dayflower, is an herbaceous annual plant in the dayflower family. It gets its name because the blooms last for only one day. [ 1 ] It is native throughout much of East Asia and northern parts of Southeast Asia .
The Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) is probably the best known species in the West. It is a common weed in parts of Europe and throughout eastern North America . [ 2 ] Several species, such as Commelina benghalensis , are eaten as a leaf vegetable in Southeast Asia and Africa .
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Commelina benghalensis, commonly known as the Benghal dayflower, tropical spiderwort, or wandering Jew, [6] kanshira in Bengali, is a perennial herb native to tropical Asia and Africa. It has been widely introduced to areas outside its native range, including to the neotropics , Hawaii, the West Indies and to both coasts of North America.
Members of the genus are known by many common names, including inchplant, wandering jew, spiderwort, [6] dayflower and trad. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Tradescantia grow 30–60 cm tall (1–2 ft), and are commonly found individually or in clumps in wooded areas and open fields.
Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants.In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family.It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 known species in 41 genera. [2]