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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 16 taxa in the family Commelinaceae, Spiderwort family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Virginia Dayflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Commelina virginica FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Commelina virginica FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Commelina virginica 038-01-001 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, swamp forests, tidal swamp forests, other moist to wet forests and forest edges
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sand Dayflower, Pineland Dayflower, Slender Dayflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Commelina erecta var. angustifolia FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Commelina erecta var. angustifolia FAMILY: Commelinaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Commelina erecta 038-01-002 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Dunes and dry sand flats on barrier islands, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy sites, shale barrens, other dry rocky sites
Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Erect Dayflower, Slender Dayflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Commelina erecta var. erecta FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Commelina erecta var. erecta FAMILY: Commelinaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Commelina erecta 038-01-002 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Dry openings and woodlands, especially in thin soil around rock outcrops, streambanks, riverbanks, mesic forests
Common in Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Mountains & SC Coastal Plain (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Asiatic Dayflower, Common Dayflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Commelina communis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Commelina communis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Commelina communis 038-01-003 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Gardens, bottomlands, disturbed ground, and a common invader of rocky glades
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Old World
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Common Name:
Spreading Dayflower, Creeping Dayflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Commelina diffusa FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Commelina diffusa var. diffusa FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Commelina diffusa 038-01-004 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Mudflats, alluvial margins, bottomlands, also fields and disturbed ground
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native? Non-native? encountered very early inland, so plausible as native or early introduction
Common Name: Indian Dayflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Commelina caroliniana FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Commelina caroliniana FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Commelina caroliniana 038-01-005 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Moist disturbed areas, fields
Rare
Non-native: India & Bangladesh
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Common Name:
Tropical Spiderwort, Benghal Dayflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Commelina benghalensis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Commelina benghalensis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Fields
Common in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
Non-native: tropical southern Asia
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Common Name:
Doveweed, Naked-stem Dewflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Murdannia nudiflora FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Murdannia nudiflora FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aneilema nudiflorum 038-02-001 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Moist sands, ditches, wet disturbed places
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Murdannia keisak FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Murdannia keisak FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aneilema keisak 038-02-002 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Stream banks, canals, ditches, freshwater marshes (tidal and non-tidal), swamp forests, wet disturbed places
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in Carolina Mountains)
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Roseling, Common Roseling
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuthbertia rosea FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callisia rosea FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tradescantia rosea var. rosea 038-03-001a FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands
Common in GA & SC (uncommon to rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Grassleaf Roseling, Pink Spiderwort, Slender Roseling
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuthbertia graminea FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Callisia graminea FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tradescantia rosea var. graminea 038-03-001b FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Zigzag Spiderwort, Wide-leaved Spiderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Tradescantia subaspera FAMILY: Commelinaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Tradescantia subaspera var. subaspera FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tradescantia subaspera 038-03-002 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, hammocks
Common (uncommon in NC Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Spiderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tradescantia virginiana FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tradescantia virginiana FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tradescantia virginiana 038-03-003 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich forests and woodlands
Rare in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Spiderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tradescantia hirsutiflora FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tradescantia hirsutiflora FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry hammocks
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tradescantia ohiensis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tradescantia ohiensis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tradescantia ohiensis 038-03-004 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Woodlands and forests, alluvial bottoms, disturbed areas, roadsides
Common (partly because of naturalization from cultivation)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Spiderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tradescantia hirsuticaulis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tradescantia hirsuticaulis FAMILY: Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tradescantia hirsuticaulis 038-03-005 FAMILY: Commelinaceae
Habitat: Dry rocky woodlands, and rock outcrops (especially granitic flatrocks and domes)
Common in NC-SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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