Dayflower (Commelina communis)


Dayflower (Commelina communis) with three flowers blooming in the same spathe
Photographed June 20.

Dayflowers have intensely blue flowers (from which the Japanese make an intensely blue dye) that open from a crescent-shaped spathe and are gone by the middle of the afternoon. Usually only one flower opens in the spathe at a time, but once in a while we see two or even three together.

Dayflower (Commelina communis) with three flowers blooming in the same spathe
Dayflower (Commelina communis)
Photographed June 24.

For a description of the species, see the Commelina communis reference page.

Dayflower (Commelina communis)


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