View source for Commelina diffusa var. diffusa

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|accepted_name=Commelina diffusa var. diffusa
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|name=Commelina longicaulis
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Commelina;Commelina diffusa;Commelina diffusa var. diffusa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Commelina]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Commelina diffusa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Commelina diffusa var. diffusa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual (sometimes perennial in south), diffusely spreading, rooting at nodes. <b>Leaves</b>: blade lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, lanceolate-elliptic or ovate, 1.5–5(–8) cm, 0.5–1.8(–2.2) cm, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: proximal cyme 2–4-flowered, distal cyme of larger spathes usually exserted, 1–several-flowered; spathes solitary, pedunculate, usually distinctly falcate, (0.5–)0.8–2.5(–3.7) × 0.4–1.2(–1.4) cm, apex usually acuminate; peduncles 0.5–2(–2.9) cm. <b>Flowers</b> blue (rarely lavender); medial stamen anther connective with broad, transverse band of violet. <b>Capsules</b> 3-locular, 2-valved, 4–6.3 × (2.1–)3–4 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 5, brown, 2–2.8(–3.2) mm × 1.4–1.8 mm, deeply reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed situations (lawns, gardens, and cultivated ground), moist places, and woods
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;pantropical.
|discussion=<p>The report of this plant from Minnesota (H. A. Gleason and A. Cronquist 1991) is probably based on wrongly determined material.</p>
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name=Commelina diffusa var. diffusa
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|authority=unknown
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|synonyms=Commelina longicaulis
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|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed situations (lawns, gardens, and cultivated ground), moist places, and woods
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;pantropical.
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|genus=Commelina
|species=Commelina diffusa
|variety=Commelina diffusa var. diffusa
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