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Whitemouth Dayflower
Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Americas Africa Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Status
Common

About

This perennial herb grows in meadows across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Its three-petaled flowers bloom for only one day before dissolving into a liquid.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Commelinales
Family
Commelinaceae
Genus
Commelina
Species
Commelina erecta