Just about the purest blue in the floral kingdom, and indeed the flowers make a prized blue dye in Japan. These flowers are common weeds in city yards and vacant lots, but old Pa Pitt loves them and loves to photograph them. These were part of a big patch blooming in Beechview in the morning. By the middle of the afternoon, the flowers are withered, so you must look for them early in the day.
For a description of the species, see the Commelina communis reference page.
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.
For a description of the species, see the Commelina communis reference page.
A common weed imported from Asia, probably for its intensely blue flowers. These plants were growing by a wooden fence in Beechview.
For a description of the species, see the Commelina communis reference page.
