| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commelinaceae | Commelina benghalensis | Tropical Spiderwort, Bengal Dayflower | Fields. | Native of tropical s. Asia and becoming a serious weed. This annual, pantropical weed is well established in FL and s. GA (Faden 1993) |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina caroliniana | Indian Dayflower | Moist disturbed areas, fields. | Native of India and Bangladesh. |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina communis | Common Dayflower | Gardens, bottomlands, disturbed ground, and a common invader of rocky glades. | Native of the Old World. |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina diffusa | Creeping Dayflower | Mudflats, alluvial margins, bottomlands, also fields and disturbed ground. | VA west to MO, south to s. FL and s. TX, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. Probably native in our area, but sometimes regarded as an Old World species. Encountered very early inland, so plausible as native or as an early introduction. |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina erecta var. angustifolia | Sand Dayflower | Dunes and dry sand flats on barrier islands, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy sites, shale barrens, other dry rocky sites. | E. NC south to s. FL, west to TX, and north and west in the interior to IA, nw. NE, CO, and NM; also apparently in Central and South America. |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina erecta var. deamiana | Midwestern Dayflower | Usually in dry, sandy soils. | IN, IL, and IA south to AR, TX, NM, and AZ. |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina erecta var. erecta | Erect Dayflower | Dry openings and woodlands, especially in thin soil around rock outcrops, streambanks, riverbanks, mesic forests. | PA west to MO and e. KS, south to FL and TX; also apparently in Central and South America. |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina forskaolii | Rat's-ear | Disturbed areas. | Native of Old World tropics. | |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina gambiae | Disturbed areas. | A West African species first collected in North America in 1976 (Manatee County, FL), is immediately distinguishable from our species by its peach-colored flowers and fused spathes | ||
| Commelinaceae | Commelina gigas | Climbing Dayflower | Moist hammocks, lake edges, strand swamps, wet disturbed areas. | Native of se. Asia. |  |
| Commelinaceae | Commelina virginica | Virginia Dayflower | Bottomlands, swamp forests, tidal swamp forests, other moist to wet forests and forest edges. | NJ west to KS and OK, south to FL and TX. |  |
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