This wildflower is growing in my garden. The stem is about 9 inches long. The bloom is very small. The blue petal is only about 1 inch across. I have not been able to find it in my wildflower books.
Commelina communis
Sometimes called "Commons"
MT Shooter wrote:
Commelina communis
Sometimes called "Commons"
Thank you. You are quite right. Finally found it in my wildflower book.
jmccl
Loc: Western Shore of Utah Lake
Did you capture it with that C3?
Commelina coelestis is blue spider wort but I am certain this is Commelina communis. Thanks for the link.
Wandering Jew....very prolific...VERY
My horticultural daughter got back to me and she knows it as Asiatic Day flower and it has the true botanical you identified, I just wanted to add that the flowers and new leaves are both edible, would look good on the right salad.
These are mucilaginous plants sometimes called cow slobers
gym
Loc: Athens, Georgia
An interesting coincidence: After reading this thread yesterday, I was taking some macros of insects on flowers in a garden along the edge of my back yard and saw this flower lightly covering an area about 20 feet long. I has a very pretty flower so I did some reading on it. According to the literature, it has been classified as an invasive weed. Because I had not seen it there before, my firsr reaction was that it can invade an area REALLY FAST.
I told my wife about it and expressed some mild concern about the 'invasive' nature, and to my surprise she told me that she had planted it there as a groundcover. She had gotten it from a friend who also was using it as a cover.
My question to those who know this plant a lot better than me is:
How fast will it take over an area, AND if it starts to get out of hand, is is relatively easy to control?
jmccl
Loc: Western Shore of Utah Lake
"AND if it starts to get out of hand, is is relatively easy to control?"
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