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Commelina is a
genus of
approximately 170
species commonly called dayflowers due to the
short lives of
their flowers. They are less
often known as widow's...
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Commelina communis,
commonly known as the
Asiatic dayflower, is an
herbaceous annual plant in the
dayflower family. It gets its name
because the
blooms last...
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Commelina erecta,
commonly known as the
white mouth dayflower,
slender dayflower, or widow's tears, is a
perennial herb
native throughout the Americas...
- 731
known species in 41 genera. Well
known genera include Commelina (
dayflowers) and
Tradescantia (spiderworts). The
family is
diverse in both the Old...
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flower cluster of such
plants as palms, arums, irises, crocuses, and
dayflowers (Commelina).
Zephyranthes tubispatha in the
Amaryllidaceae derives its...
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sometimes known as the
climbing dayflower or
spreading dayflower, is a
pantropical herbaceous plant in the
dayflower family. It has been
introduced to...
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Commelina dianthifolia,
known as the
birdbill dayflower, is a
perennial herb
native to
mountains in the south-western
United States (Arizona, Colorado...
- not fade like
traditional ****anese blue pigment, ai-gami, made from the
dayflower.
Prussian blue was used by both Hokusai, in his wave paintings, and Hiroshige...
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commonly called widow's
tears or
false dayflowers due to
their resemblance of the
closely related true
dayflowers of the
genus Commelina.
Tinantia is native...
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positively geotropic ones. The
underground branches do not bear leaves.
Bengal dayflowers display an
enormous diversity in
reproductive systems. It
produces three...
