Spreading Dayflower
Scientific Name: Commelina
Also Known As: Spreading dayflower, Common dayflower, Climbing dayflower
Weed Family: Commelinaceae

Description

Dayflower is an annual with multiple branches that spread by taking root from nodes along stems. Stems are smooth with lance shaped leaves in sheaths having a few soft hairs. Flowers have three blue petals, two of which are partly fused. Flowers last one day, giving the plant its common name. Dayflower reproduces from seed and from nodes along stems. Stem fragments will also reproduce. Dayflower prefers rich, moist soil conditions. Dayflower is found from Massachusetts west to Kansas and south to Florida and Texas. 

Weed Photos: Courtesy of Dr. Lambert McCarty. Clemson University. Clemson, SC.

Herbicide Use

For optimum control, make your herbicide application to dayflower that is actively growing and in the seedling to flower stage of growth.

Distribution

Germination Dates

Zone-6: April-MayZone-7: April-MayZone-8: MarchZone-9: MarchZone-10: February

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