The blue flower is an asiatic dayflower or commelina communis L. This is a pretty weed you may have seen in your yard. I have been meaning to find the name for this flower for awhile, but just simply kept forgetting to look it up. A cool thing about this plant is that it leaches metals from the soil and is being considered for soil reclamation in Cu mines. The asiatic dayflower is used in traditional Chinese Medicine due to its antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and diuretic effects.
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