Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 40. 1753.

Origin: Introduced

Herbarium search: CPNWH

Notes: There is no evidence that this species is established in the WA flora.

FNA22: "Commelina communis var. ludens (Miquel) C. B. Clarke is distinguished by its darker flowers, antherodes with maroon centers (instead of entirely yellow), distalmost cyme less well developed and usually not producing a flower, and spathes proportionally broader. I have not found it possible to separate this regularly from C. communis var. communis, which also occurs in the flora. A variegated form of C. communis var. ludens, forma aureostriata MacKeever, occurs spontaneously and has been noted from Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia."

Last updated 4/14/2021 by David Giblin.