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§1 Plant

Commelina diffusa Burm. f. var. diffusa

vernacular climbing dayflower — variety · Commelinaceae


USDA
CODID3
GBIF
2764202
Rank
variety
climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa f. var.)
Platephotograph · lougarouCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Commelinaceae Mirb.
Genus
Commelina
§2a

Native status, by region

  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 347 counties across 21 states/territories
Legend Native · 343 Introduced · 4 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 347 counties across 21 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 54 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 48 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CODID3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2764202 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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