Index / Search / Commelina erecta
§1 Plant
Commelina erecta L.
vernacular whitemouth dayflower — species · Commelinaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Commelinaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Commelina
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 472 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 472 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Brooks 13027
- Calhoun 13037
- Chatham 13051
- Columbia 13073
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Greene 13133
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Putnam 13237
- Randolph 13243
- Richmond 13245
- Taylor 13269
- Tift 13277
- Upson 13293
- Walton 13297
Illinois view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Cook 17031
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Whiteside 17195
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Morton 20129
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Grant 22043
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Mary 22101
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Calhoun 28013
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Coahoma 28027
- Forrest 28035
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Noxubee 28103
- Perry 28111
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Halifax 37083
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Lenoir 37107
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Hardin 47071
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Rutherford 47149
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/COER ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2764389 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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