Commelina longicaulis Jacq.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Commelinaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Glabrous or very nearly so; stems procumbent or creeping, 3-8 dm. long. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-7.5 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, their sheaths sometimes ciliate; spathe acuminate, 1-2.5 cm. long, peduncled, the 2 bracts not united by their margins; flowers few in each spathe, 6-12 mm. broad; ventral cavities of the ovary 2-ovuled, the dorsal 1-ovuled; capsule commonly 5-seeded (2 seeds in each of the ventral cells, 1 in the dorsal); seeds oblong, reticulated, about 2 mm. long.
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Distribution
Moist waste places, New Providence : all tropical and warm temperate regions. Referred by previous authors to C. nudiflora L. Creeping Day-flower.
New Providence Bahamas South America|