Commelinaceae
White mouth dayflower
Commelina erecta
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Commelina
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- وعلان قائم
- arz
- وعلان قائم
- Chinese
- 直立鴨跖草, 直立鸭跖草
- English
- White mouth dayflower, Whitemouth dayflower, Blousel blommetjie, Blue commelina, Slender dayflower, Widow's tears day flower
- Hebrew
- קומלינה זקופה
- Igbo
- White mouth dayflower
- nah
- Mātlālitztic
- Spanish
- Canutillo blanco, Espuelitas, Hierba de Santa Lucia, Mataliste, Mataliz, Pitilla, Yerba de sapo
Synonyms
- Commelina bainesii C.B.Clarke
- Commelina erecta f. erecta
- Commelina erecta var. typica Fernald
- Commelina kurzii var. glochidea K.D.Koenig ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina setosa Wight
- Commelina sulcata Hoffmanns.
- Commelina sulcata Hoffmanns.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to November (from 11,112 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Catherine C. Galley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Agustina Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Assaf Shtilman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tyler Radtke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adrián Pablo Rodríguez Quiroga, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adrián Pablo Rodríguez Quiroga, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abra Zobel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.