| Author | Walter | |
| Distribution | Established in the southern outer Coastal Plain. Collections from only 3 counties, by Radford (1958), Ahles (1957), and Bell (1958); also a recent (2021) collection from Robeson County (2021) that has not yet been accessed.
Despite the common and Latin names, it is a native of India; in N.A. found in the Southeastern states. | |
| Abundance | Rare. | |
| Habitat | Ditch, waste land, field. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting September-October. | |
| Identification | Carolina Dayflower has spathes with margins free to the base, flowers are all-blue, and the lower margin of the spathes is straight (vs. curved in other species in the genus). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | The species was first described from plants collected in South Carolina by Thomas Walter; only later was it determined that its true native home is India.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
