Commelinaceae
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Commelina
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- وعلان شائع, وعلان أصغر
- arz
- وعلان شائع
- Azerbaijani
- Adi kommelina
- Bangla
- চিত্রপত্রী
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена комелина
- Chinese
- 鴨跖草, 鸭跖草, 鸭趾草
- Czech
- Křížatka obecná
- English
- Asiatic dayflower, Dayflower, Common dayflower, Bearded commelina
- Estonian
- Harilik kommeliin
- Finnish
- Rikkasoljo
- French
- Comméline commune, Misère asiatique
- Georgian
- Ტყის ჭორტანა
- German
- Gemeine Tagblume, Gewöhnliche Tagblume
- hsb
- Wšědny módrjenk
- Japanese
- ツユクサ, ツユクサ（露草）, つゆ草, オウセキソウ, 露草, 鴨跖草
- Kannada
- ಕನ್ನೆಸೊಪ್ಪು
- Korean
- 닭의장풀, 달개비, 닭의밑씻개
- lah
- کن چرا
- lzh
- 鴨跖草
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Dagblom
- Russian
- Коммелина обыкновенная, Синеглазка
- Slovak
- Podenka obyčajná
- Slovenian
- Modrocvetna komelina
- Spanish
- Asiatic dayflower
- Swedish
- Liten himmelsblomma
- Turkish
- Asya gün çiçeği, Asya günçiçeği
Synonyms
- Commelina barbata Bojer
- Commelina communis f. alba Ti Chen
- Commelina communis f. albiflora Makino
- Commelina communis f. aureostriata MacKeever
- Commelina communis f. caeruleopurpurascens Makino
- Commelina communis f. ciliata (Masam.) Murata
- Commelina communis subsp. exserta Pennell
- Commelina communis var. angustifolia Nakai
- Commelina communis var. ciliata Masam.
- Commelina communis var. exserta (Pennell) F.G.Bernard
- Commelina coreana H.Lév.
- Commelina diabolica Koidz.
- Commelina minor Y.N.Lee & Y.C.Oh
- Commelina nipponica Koidz.
- Commelina polygama Roth
- Commelina vulgaris Redouté
- Commelina willdenowii Kunth
- Disecocarpus polygamus (Roth) Hassk.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 9,569 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexander Wieser, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emad Tahaei, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jack Forrester, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: EHM02667, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: skitterbug, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syed Sajidul Islam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.