Climbing Dayflower (Commelina diffusa Burm. f.)
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Notes
There is significant disagreement in different sources about whether or not this species is native in the US. Both USDA and BONAP report this species as native to the southeastern U.S., but numerous other sources report it as only native to the old world. Since neither USDA nor BONAP give explanation or justification for their claim that this species is native, we have chosen to go with the authors who mark it as introduced.
↑Links & External Resources
• Commelina diffusa (climbing dayflower) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Commelina diffusa | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Commelina diffusa (spreading dayflower) | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)
• Commelina diffusa | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Commelina diffusa | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Commelina diffusa | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Commelina diffusa | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Climbing Dayflower | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Commelina diffusa Burman f. (Creeping Dayflower) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
