Dayflower

Did you know

• Each flower lasts only a single morning, wilting by afternoon, giving it the name 'dayflower'.
• The flower has two prominent blue petals and one small, nearly invisible white petal.
• In Japan, dayflower petals were traditionally used to create a blue dye for painting on textiles.
• Linnaeus named the genus after the Dutch Commelin brothers; two were noted botanists (the two blue petals), while the third died young (the small white petal).
• The plant is edible and is consumed as a vegetable in parts of East Asia.

Color meanings

Uses

• Traditional dye
• Edible plant
• Traditional medicine
• Ground cover