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Wetland and Aquatic Plants of Oklahoma

Interactive Keys: Emergent

Purple and Blue Flowers
 

Flowers with three petals or lobes

Dayflower (Commelinaceae)

Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa Burm. f.) 
Native perennial.
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Commelina diffusa map                                    Commelina diffusa                                 

Note: margins of the structure resembling an envelope at the base of the flower (spathe) open.

NWI status: FACW 

Virginia dayflower (Commelina virginica L.) 
Native Perennial.

Commelina virginica map                       Commelina virginica

Note: margins of the structure resembling an envelope at the base of the flower (spathe) united.

NWI status: FACW

Last update: 2/25/04
Comments to : Bruce Hoagland

bhoagland@ou.edu

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