North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Commelinaceae > Commelina (dayflower)
	Whitemouth Dayflower, Slenderleaf Dayflower, Sand Dayflower (Commelina erecta var. angustifolia) Stable dunes on South Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008 This species is fairly common in the eastern half of NC (uncommon in western half) in dry, sandy, shale, or rocky sites, but in NC this subspecies is found only in the coastal plain.
	Whitemouth Dayflower, Slenderleaf Dayflower, Sand Dayflower (Commelina erecta var. angustifolia) Stable dunes on South Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008
	Whitemouth Dayflower, Slenderleaf Dayflower, Sand Dayflower (Commelina erecta var. angustifolia) Stable dunes on South Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008
	Whitemouth Dayflower, Slenderleaf Dayflower, Sand Dayflower (Commelina erecta var. angustifolia) Stable dunes on South Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008

	Asiatic Dayflower, Common Dayflower (Commelina communis) Gravel roadside in Transylvania Co., NC 9 Sep 2012 Common statewide in North Carolina, especially in disturbed soils like roadsides.
	Asiatic Dayflower, Common Dayflower (Commelina communis) Gravel roadside in Transylvania Co., NC 9 Sep 2012

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.