Spreading Dayflower Biology and Management in Turf

Spreading dayflower (Commelina diffusa) is a succulent annual that produces freely branched smooth stems. Leaves are broadly lance-shaped with closed sheaths. Sheaths are short with a few soft hairs on the upper margin. Flowers have three blue petals in a leaf-like structure open on the margins. Re...

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Main Authors: J. Bryan Unruh, Darcy E. P. Telenko, Barry J. Brecke, Ramon Leon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2014-06-01
Series:EDIS
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/131540
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Summary:Spreading dayflower (Commelina diffusa) is a succulent annual that produces freely branched smooth stems. Leaves are broadly lance-shaped with closed sheaths. Sheaths are short with a few soft hairs on the upper margin. Flowers have three blue petals in a leaf-like structure open on the margins. Reproduction occurs via seed and stem fragments. This 2-page fact sheet was written by J. Bryan Unruh, Darcy E. P. Telenko, Barry J. Brecke, and Ramon Leon, and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, December 2013.
ISSN:2576-0009