• Family : COMMELINACEAE
  (Spiderwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMMELINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Commelina caroliniana Walter
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : Common in marshes of pools, ponds and lakes
• Flower, Fruit : June-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Krishna district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
  • Telangana : Khammam district, Warangal district
  • Kerala : Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Angul district
• Native : Indo Himalaya
• World Distribution : India, Introduced in North America and SE. Asia, South America
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3. pp. 1002; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Commelina hasskarlii. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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