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Asiatic Dayflower

Commelina communis

Description:

This plant can be used as a steamed vegetable and in salads. The root makes an acceptable substitute for creamed potatoes. Although, it should be avoided, if there are doubts about the site, due to the plant bioaccumulating certain metals.

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2 Comments

Azura Firdaus W
Azura Firdaus W 11 years ago

beautiful flower

JakeFrancis
JakeFrancis 11 years ago

You should send some information in to invasivore.org!

chesterbperry
Spotted by
chesterbperry

Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Aug 5, 2012
Submitted on Aug 9, 2012

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