Commelina elegans Kunth

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Commelinaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Commelina elegans Kunth

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems branching at the base, the branches decumbent, rooting at the nodes, with puberulent internodes; leaves lanceolate to elliptic or oblonglanceolate, 4-10 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, often rounded at the base, the sheaths 1-1.5 cm. long, naked or sparingly ciliate on the margin; spathes short-peduncled, glabrous or puberulent, 1.5-2 cm. long, acute; petals blue or white; capsules obovoid, 4 mm. long, reticulated especially on the dorsal lobe; seeds 3, smooth.

  • Distribution

    Moist shaded situations. New Providence : Bermuda ; Florida : West Indies and continental tropical America. fC. communis of Schoepf. Larger Day-flower.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|