About Indian Dayflower
Commelina caroliniana, sometimes known as the Carolina dayflower, is an herbaceous plant in the dayflower family native to India and Bangladesh. Both the scientific name and the common name are misleading as the plant was described based on specimens found in the southeastern United States before it was known that the plant had in fact been introduced from India. It was most likely introduced to South Carolina in the late 17th century along with rice seed from India. The plant has also been recently reported from South Korea. Its flowers emerge from summer to fall and rarely into the winter.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Commelina hasskarlii
- Genus
- Commelina
- Family
- COMMELINACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Native to
- Indo Himalaya
- Distribution
- India, Introduced in North America and SE. Asia, South America
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Indian Dayflower belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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