Spreading Dayflower

(Commelina diffusa)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Decumbent, diffusely branched annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots

Leaf anatomy: Lanceolate leaves, tips acuminate or acute, margins usually ciliate

Reproduction: Usually solitary spathe, acuminate, margins not fused, petals blue, 5 anthers

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