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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Commelinaceae
Commelina erecta L. var. deamiana Fernald
erect dayflower, narrow-leaved dayflower, white-mouth dayflower
Commelina: after the two Dutch botanists Johan (1629-1692) and his nephew Caspar (1667-1731) Commelin, known to Linnaeus and Charles Plumier, a French Franciscan monk, botanist and traveler who apparently named this flower.
erecta: upright
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect to drooping, branching perennial up to 40" tall forb; thick, fibrous roots |
| Flower: | blue, 3-parted, 1/3"-1" wide, much smaller lower petal white; folded bracts, below the flower, partially connected towards the base; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | white-haired sheaths closed near the base  |
| Habitat: | dry; dunes, streambanks; in sandy soil |
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