Commelinaceae

Cyanotis speciosa (L.f.) Hassk.

Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Cyanotis

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Cyanotis speciosa (Cyanotis speciosa) — FlowerPhoto: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Synonyms

Commelina speciosa (L.f.) Thunb.
Cyanotis nodiflora (Lam.) Kunth
Cyanotis nodiflora subsp. madagascarica (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier
Cyanotis nodiflora var. madagascarica C.B.Clarke
Cyanotis speciosa subsp. madagascarica (C.B.Clarke) Faden
Tonningia nodiflora (Lam.) Kuntze
Tonningia speciosa (L.f.) Raf.
Tradescantia formosa Willd.
Tradescantia nodiflora Lam.
Tradescantia speciosa L.f.

Flowers

In flower: September to January (from 259 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: rooiratel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.