Difference between revisions of "Commelina caroliniana"

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Flora Caroliniana, secundum. 68. 1788.

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Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
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Latest revision as of 20:29, 5 November 2020

Herbs, annual, diffusely spreading. Roots at nodes. Stems decumbent to scandent. Leaves: blade lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic or lanceolate-oblong, 2.5–10.5 × 0.7–2.4 cm, margins scabrous, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous. Inflorescences: distal cyme vestigial, included (rarely 1-flowered and exserted); spathes solitary, bright green, paler basally, without contrasting veins, pedunculate, not at all to slightly falcate, 1.2–3(–3.7) × 0.5–1 cm, margins distinct, usually ciliate, apex acuminate, glabrous or very sparsely pilose; peduncles 0.6–2.3 cm. Flowers bisexual; petals all blue, proximal petal white medially, smaller; medial stamen with white connective; staminodes 3; antherodes yellow, often with central maroon spot, cruciform. Capsules 3-locular, 2-valved, (5–)6–8 mm. Seeds 5, dark brown, 2.4–4.3(–4.6) × (1.6–)2–2.3 mm, smooth to faintly alveolate, mealy. 2n = ca. 86.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall (rarely winter).
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, railroad rights-of-way, yards, waste places, especially in moist situations, weed in crops, especially rice, sugar cane and corn, and rarely in forests

Distribution

V22 176-distribution-map.jpg

Introduced; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tex., native, India.

Discussion

Lower Taxa

None.
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Robert B. Faden +
Walter +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, native +  and India. +
Fields, roadsides, railroad rights-of-way, yards, waste places, especially in moist situations, weed in crops, especially rice, sugar cane and corn, and rarely in forests +
Flowering summer–fall (rarely winter). +
Flora Caroliniana, secundum. +
faden1989a +
Introduced +
Commelina caroliniana +
Commelina +
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