Talk:Commelina communis

Grammar question

 * Should
 * "It has also been introduced to parts of central and southeastern Europe and much of eastern North America where it has spread to become a noxious weed."

be
 * "It has also been introduced to parts of central and southeastern Europe and much of eastern North America, where it has spread to become a noxious weed."

or
 * "It has also been introduced to parts of central and southeastern Europe, and much of eastern North America where it has spread to become a noxious weed."

? Hesperian 01:52, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The second one ; ) Thanks! DJLayton4 (talk) 02:12, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

passed GA
OK, rest of improvements (eg chromosome thingy etc.) can wait till FA, fulfils GA criteria now :) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

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Bangali name [বাংলা নাম]
বাংলা নাম/ Bangali name - কানশিরা/কানাই লতা। 119.30.35.151 (talk) 02:40, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

mm / inch dimensions:
Dear reader or page-watcher, I hope you agree ! and that you may have some time to rationalise this; if not, I shall do something probably next month or early 2023. jw (talk) 21:31, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * 1) The dimensions are given in inconsistent fashion in this article and need to be rationalised e.g. 3–12 cm (1 1⁄4–4 3⁄4 in), 1–4 cm (1⁄2– 1 1⁄2 in),  5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in),  5 cm (2.0 in) and so on.
 * 2) The precision of some of the conversions is ridiculous !  e.g. 2.5 mm (0.098 in) which could obviously be rounded IMO.

Annual or tender perennial?
The article and many sites describe this plant as an annual plant, but others talk of it as a perennial. (Example: https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Commelina+communis) Not sure if any are source quality, but I wonder if it's maybe a cold-sensitive perennial rather than an actual annual? EuCl3 (talk) 14:48, 23 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Personal anecdotal field observation, for what it's worth: From what I see in coastal Massachusetts, it comes back every year in the same spots the past 30 years. I've always presumed it was perennial, but it could just be that it is re-seeding itself. Eric talk 15:14, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Some pages talk of propagating them by splitting them in the spring: https://www.gardentags.com/plant-encyclopedia/commelina-communis/17107
 * I'm far from expert, but that doesn't seem to make sense for an annual. EuCl3 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2023 (UTC)