Common Dayflower

(Commelina communis)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Prostrate summer annual

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots

Leaf anatomy: Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate w/comspicuous basal sheaths

Reproduction: Perfect trimerous irregular inflorescence, flowers with 2 erect blue petals and 1 inconspicuous whitish petal

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}