
naturalizedCommelinaceae
Commelina diffusa
Scrambling Dayflower
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Commelina diffusa, sometimes known as the climbing dayflower or spreading dayflower, is a pantropical herbaceous plant in the dayflower family. It has been introduced to the southeastern United States where it is most common in wet disturbed soils. There are two recognised varieties, one being the type and the other being C. diffusa var. gigas, which is native to Asia and has been introduced to Florida. It flowers from spring to fall and is most common...
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Seasonality
Only 21 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 80 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 296 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 101 · GBIF 54 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 26 · GBIF 57 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 17 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuGBIF 10
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 8
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
West Makaīwa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīkala 1-2, Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiGBIF 2
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kaiwikinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Puua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kahakuloa · MauiGBIF 1
Waipā · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaluanui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Olowalu · MauiGBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiGBIF 1
Punaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waipake · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Kawela · MauiGBIF 1
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kaimū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1




