Digital Herbaria

Specimen & Label Data

Commelina virginica

Tropical Dayflower

Commelinaceae

Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Some shade to partly sunny; fairly good soil with higher humus contant than normal.

Description: Standard dayflower; decumbent, 15-20 stems arising from flat 15 cm crown; stems reddish, 5-6 dm long, 2 mm dia; leaves lanceolate, 2 x 6 cm, petiole 2 cm; internodal distance 5-7 cm; spathe 14 x 21 mm with 2-3 mm peduncle, 6 mm thick. Flower opening at sunrise.

County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Aug 2, 1994
Specimen number: 111

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0912
Accession Date: Aug 24, 1994
Accession Number: 67

Annotations: (In flower & fruit)