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Commelina erecta L.
Whitemouth dayflower

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Commelinaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: C. angustifolia, C. elegans, C. hamipila.

Other data on Commelina erecta available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Commelina erecta has been found in the following 98 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Coral Pines Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Reported
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Doubtfully Present
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Mound Key Archaeological State Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Reported
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Riverbend Park	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Scrub Oak Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Tilton	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Commelina erecta has been found in the following 11 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native