Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Commelinaceae

Commelina - [maps | photos]

• Commelina communis * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Asiatic dayflower

• Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: climbing dayflower

• Commelina erecta L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: whitemouth dayflower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Commelina erecta L. var. angustifolia (Michx.) Fernald

• Commelina virginica L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Virginia dayflower

Murdannia - [maps | photos]

• Murdannia keisak * (Hassk.) Hand.-Maz.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: marsh dayflower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Aneilema keisak Hassk.

Tradescantia - [maps | photos]

• Tradescantia hirsuticaulis Small
  Common Name: hairystem spiderwort

• Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: bluejacket spiderwort

• Tradescantia subaspera Ker-Gawl.
  Common Name: zigzag spiderwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Tradescantia subaspera Ker-Gawl. var. montana (Shuttlew. ex Small & Vail) Anderson & Woodson

• Tradescantia virginiana L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: Virginia spiderwort

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.