Index / Search / Commelina virginica
§1 Plant
Commelina virginica L.
vernacular Virginia 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
§2b
County-level range
· 225 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.7–6.7
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 175,000
- Propagation
- seed, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 225 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Chambers 01017
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Escambia 01053
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bulloch 13031
- Catoosa 13047
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Grady 13131
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lincoln 13181
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Thomas 13275
Kentucky view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/COVI3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2764028 ↗Record version
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