Commelinaceae
Commelina
Commelina tuberosa
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Commelina
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- وعلان درني, وعلان حزيمي, وعلان سماوي
- arz
- وعلان درنى
- Chinese
- 块根鸭跖草, 塊根鴨跖草, 墨西哥鸭跖草, 天蓝鸭跖草, 墨西哥鴨跖草
- Czech
- Křížatka hlízovitá, Křížatka modrá
- English
- Commelina
- nah
- Mātlālin
- Quechua
- Urqu ch'unqa-ch'unqa, Orqo ch'unga ch'unga, Urqu ch'unqa ch'unqa
- Swedish
- Himmelsblomma
Synonyms
- Allosperma tuberosa Raf.
- Commelina acuminata Kunth
- Commelina alpestris Standl. & Steyerm.
- Commelina cayennensis var. pubescens Griseb.
- Commelina clandestina Mart.
- Commelina coelestis Willd.
- Commelina coelestis f. albipetala Matuda
- Commelina diffusa var. cordispatha Rohweder
- Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav.
- Commelina fasciculata subsp. chacoensis Slanis & Bulacio
- Commelina fasciculata subsp. fasciculata
- Commelina glabra Baker
- Commelina gracilis Hook.
- Commelina graminifolia Kunth
- Commelina graminifolia var. clandestina (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Commelina intermedia Schltdl.
- Commelina japonica Hort.Berol.
- Commelina nervosa Ruiz & Pav.
- Commelina nilagirica Steud. ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina pallida var. parviflora Pav. ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina parviflora Rchb.
- Commelina tuberosa var. inflata M.Martens & Galeotti
- Commelina tuberosa var. nana M.Martens & Galeotti
- Erxlebia fusiformis Medik.
- Ovidia gracilis Raf.
Photos
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Correa, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Correa, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mariana Yuste Ramírez, CC0, 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.