Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native plants & Wildflowers. Part 4, 1 by frostweed
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frostweed wrote: Here is a lovely little blue native flower, Erect Dayflower or Widows Tears, ( Comelina erecta ) This is a very prevalent plant, some might call it a pest, but can be very pretty early in the morning, usually closes by early afternoon. I once saw a field covered with these flowers and it was beautiful. The name, widows tears, refers to the fact that they last a short time. |