Erect Dayflower
Commelina erecta
                    
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2017 Photograph, Erect Dayflower with an unusual pale silver-blue color (Commelina erecta, Spiderwort Family, Commelinaceae), Occoquan Bay NWR, Woodbridge, Virginia, © 2023.
Each flower lasts but one day, hence the name.  This species differs from the similar Asiatic Dayflower in that the lower stamens are curved inward.
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Jian Zhe Li

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