| Scientific Name | Commelina erecta | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Spiderwort ( Commenlinaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 3 petals
2 large blue side petals and 1 tiny, white, bilobed lower one. Stamens hairless. 30 cm - 1.5 m. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 338 | |||||||||||||
May - October
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Spathe |
| Short, boatlike spathe fused at base into a right angle on upper side. |
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Roadside photo |
| Small flowers can form a sheet of blue when grouped. |