Commelinaceae
Climbing dayflower
Commelina diffusa
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Commelina
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- وعلان منتشر
- Bambara
- Nkɛɛrɛnworo
- Bangla
- চিত্রপত্রী
- Chinese
- 竹仔菜, 竹节菜, 竹节花, 竹节草, 節節草, 节节木贼, 节节草
- English
- Climbing dayflower, Spreading dayflower, Birdbill dayflower, Creeping day flower
- Indonesian
- Aur-aur
- Japanese
- シマツユクサ
- mad
- Moksor binè', Poksor binè'
- Malayalam
- വാഴപ്പടത്തി
- Marathi
- केनी
- Sinhala
- මහ ගිරාපලා
- Thai
- ผักปลาบนา
- Vietnamese
- Thài lài trắng
Synonyms
- Commelina communis Walter
- Commelina diffusa var. diffusa
- Commelina nudiflora var. sellowiana (Kunth) Hicken
- Commelina nudiflora var. werneana (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 2,507 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 石川 Shihchuan from 台北市, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 石川 Shihchuan from 台北市, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 石川 Shihchuan from 台北市, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 石川 Shihchuan from 台北市, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sterling Herron, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.