Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [5]
Commelina benghalensis (Benghal dayflower) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Commelina benghalensis is a wide-ranging plant, being native to tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, an area otherwise known as the paleotropics. In China it is commonly associated with wet locations. There it can be found from near sea level up to 2300 metres.
Commelina communis, commonly known as the Asiatic dayflower, is an herbaceous annual plant in the dayflower family. It is native throughout much of East Asia and northern parts of Southeast Asia. It has also been introduced to parts of central and southeastern Europe and much of eastern North America, where it has spread to become a noxious ...
Commelina communis, the Asiatic dayflower, is an annual herbaceous plant in the dayflower family, Commelinaceae. The blooms last for a single day and are distinctive with two relatively large blue petals and one much reduced white petal. The three long stamens are fertile, while the three short stamens are infertile.
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.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The genus name Commelina was chosen based on the Asiatic dayflower. Linnaeus picked the name in honour of the Dutch botanists Jan and Caspar Commelijn, using the two large showy petals of Commelina communis to symbolise them. [5] [failed verification] The specific name is the Latin adjective cyaneus, meaning "blue".