Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Benghal Dayflower - Commelina benghalensis   L.
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AuthorL.
DistributionA single collection from 2001 in Wayne County: soybean field near Goldsboro, collected by Hoyle & Mendoza.

Native of tropical Asia and Africa; in N.A. only NC, GA, FL, LA, and CA.
AbundanceVery rare, apparently, but expected elsewhere.
HabitatSoybean field.
Phenology
IdentificationBenghal Dayflower has ovate leaves that abruptly taper to a winged stalk, the flower spathes are usually clustered, and it produces subterranean (or nearly so) cleistogamous flowers as well as normal all-blue ones.
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Global RankG5
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