asiatic dayflower

In Spiderwort family. Blue flower with 2 petals. Each flower blooms only one day. Leaf tea used for detoxing, flu, sore throats, tonsillitis, urinary and intestinal problems.

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commelina communis

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Instead of forest floors carpeted by picturesque arrays of trout lily or bloodroot, we have dense and oppressive monocultures of the ubiquitous garlic mustard, smartweed, Asiatic dayflower and Japanese stilt grass.

Woodland wildflowers on the edge

Alien plants such as porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata), mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) have run rampant in meadows throughout the city, making it virtually impossible for native species to keep a toe-hold.

Searching for green in Gotham: the Big Apple affords wonderful opportunities to study changes in biodiversity through time

Also known as Asiatic dayflower, since it originates in the Orient and its blooms last but a single day, the floral splendor of this ground cover is evident from summer until fall.

The Asiatic dayflower is considered a weed because of its tendency to appear suddenly as an unwanted guest, unannounced and unplanted, in moist flower beds.

IN THE GARDEN SPIDERWORT EASY TO APPRECIATE, HARD TO BANISH

Who knew that over the course of six weeks my three-year-old son and I would begin chomping on dandelions and asiatic dayflowers and drying peppergrass to sprinkle on our salad?