Commelinaceae

Creeping cradle plant

Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet

Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Cyanotis

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Creeping cradle plant (Cyanotis axillaris) — FlowerPhoto: Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Bangla: কানদুলি
Chinese: 鞘苞花, 鞘花蓝耳草, 鞘花兰耳草
English: Creeping cradle plant, Spreading day flower
Malayalam: സയാനോട്ടിസ് ആക്സില്ലാറിസ്, നീർപ്പുല്ല്
Sundanese: Tali said, Jukut pait
Thai: ผักปลาบนา, กินกุ้งหลวง

Synonyms

Amischophacelus axillaris (L.) R.S.Rao & Kammathy
Commelina axillaris L.
Cyanotis disrumpens Hassk.
Tonningia axillaris (L.) Raf.
Tonningia axillaris Kuntze
Tradescantia axillaris L.
Zygomenes axillaris Salisb.

Flowers

In flower: March to April, June to October (from 49 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pranav Chandra Bose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Teja Yantrapalli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ramesh Shenai, 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). About our plant data.