NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Commelina dianthifolia

Birdbill Dayflower

A member of the Commelinaceae, the Spiderwort Family

Flowering stem   of Commelina dianthifolia, Woodchute Wilderness, Arizona.

Flower, stem, and part of leaves.
Woodchute Wilderness of Prescott National Forest:
south end off of Woodchute Trail at ca. 7160 feet elevation.

3 September 2007.

 

Flowering stem   of Commelina dianthifolia, Woodchute Wilderness, Arizona.

Side view of flower and subtending leaf, same plant as above.

3 September 2007.

 

Flowering stems of Commelina dianthifolia, Woodchute Wilderness, Arizona.

Flowering stems; this is the image from which the upper two detail images were cropped.

3 September 2007.

 

Flowering stems of Commelina dianthifolia, Woodchute Wilderness, Arizona.

Habit of flowering stems, same plants as above, with tape measure to show scale.

3 September 2007.

 

Habitat of Commelina dianthifolia, Woodchute Wilderness, Arizona.

Habitat.
Same plant as in prior images.

3 September 2007.

 

Habitat of Commelina dianthifolia, Woodchute Wilderness, Arizona.

Habitat, same location as above, showing presence of Ponderosa Pine.

3 September 2007.


Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 8 November 2007; last revised 10 April 2009.

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