Can someone identify this wildflower? 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...

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

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.

eddiezm

Looks like Dayflower

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Did a quick Google search on Wild Blue Flowers and came across this. Perhaps this is it. Gary http://www.google.com/search?q=Commelina+Virginica&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS446US446&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=nUrEUd2JA4W89gT-1YDgBA&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1920&bih=940

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Commelina communis
Sometimes called "Commons"

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

gwong1 wrote:

Did a quick Google search on Wild Blue Flowers and came across this. Perhaps this is it. Gary http://www.google.com/search?q=Commelina+Virginica&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS446US446&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=nUrEUd2JA4W89gT-1YDgBA&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1920&bih=940

Thanks. Found it here but with no name but that did lead me to believe it is a dayflower. Finally found it my book...Asiatic Dayglower (Commelina communis).

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Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

MT Shooter wrote:

Commelina communis
Sometimes called "Commons"

Thank you. You are quite right. Finally found it in my wildflower book.

dirtball140 Loc: Warner, NH

After asking my ex she came back with the following, I now see you have a consensus, but maybe this will muddy the water.
https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+spiderwort&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=d1nEUdLQE8uKrQGKyIDwDw&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1120&bih=598
Blue Spider Wort

jmccl Loc: Western Shore of Utah Lake

Did you capture it with that C3?

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

dirtball140 wrote:

After asking my ex she came back with the following, I now see you have a consensus, but maybe this will muddy the water.
https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+spiderwort&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=d1nEUdLQE8uKrQGKyIDwDw&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1120&bih=598
Blue Spider Wort

Commelina coelestis is blue spider wort but I am certain this is Commelina communis. Thanks for the link.

Farmers Wife Loc: Louisburg, KS

Wandering Jew....very prolific...VERY

dirtball140 Loc: Warner, NH

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.

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

dirtball140 wrote:

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.

Thank you.

Farmers Wife Loc: Louisburg, KS

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?"

Round-Up