spiderwort

here is tradescantia ohiensis of the family commelinaceae:


t. ohiensis is a native of north america, a perennial, and of the same family as c. virginica and c. communis. t. ohiensis is a spring bloom. this picture was taken in march of 2007 near the pearl river. this is a common plant, usually found growing in clusters near rivers and swampland. i have seen it by road sides. t. ohiensis comes in several different colors, from blue to purple to white. the bloom averages a little more than an inch or so in diameter, though its size is some what variable.

virgina day flower

here is commelian virginica. it is of the family commelinaceae.



compare with the asiatic day flower. the asiatic day flower is significantly larger and lacks the inferior petal present on the virginia day flower. as to structure, the virginia day flower has short stem segments between leaf clusters. with fair consistency, each leaf cluster on the specimens i observed produced a flower. for a given plant, it appeared that two or three stems from a common rooted. there also appeared to be some creeper tendency in the day flower in specimens found near a small aperture chain link fence. the structure of the asiatic day flower, on the other hand, seems a larger version of the virginia day flower. aside from general size, a key difference lies in the asiatic day flower tending to produce only terminal flowers with many stems originating from a common root. another in the number of stalks per root, which is higher in the asiatic day than the virginia day.

this was taken outside fo the Jackson State University Stadium, mid September.

asiatic dayflower

this is a specimen of commelina communis, of the commelinaceae family.


it was introduced from Asia. this particular flower lives in the flower bed of Sterling Towers in Jackson, Mississippi. compare with viginia day flower.