Identification | Food & Medicinal Uses | Web Page Links | Online Videos | References |
Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
Class | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
Subclass | Commelinidae |
Order | Commelinales |
Family | Commelinaceae – Spiderwort family |
Genus | Commelina L. – dayflower |
Species | Commelina communis L. – Asiatic dayflower |
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Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman Timber Press, c1998 ISBN: 0881924539 |
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Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants: A Historical Survey with Special Reference to Eastern Indian Tribes by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown Dover Publications, c1989 ISBN: 048625951X |
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Peterson Field Guide for Edible Wild Plants of Eastern/Central North America by Lee Allen Peterson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (c1999) ISBN: 039592622X |