Commelina dianthifolia

Birdbill dayflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Commelina
Species:	C. dianthifolia
Binomial name
	Commelina dianthifolia; Delile

Commelina dianthifolia, known as the birdbill dayflower, is a perennial herb native to the south-western United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas) and northern Mexico.^[1] Petals are blue while sepals are green. The inflorescence is a scorpioid cyme and it is subtended by a boat-like spathe.

Uses[]

An infusion of plant used by Keres people as a strengthener for weakened tuberculosis patients.^[2] The Ramah Navajo give a cold simple or compound infusion to livestock as an aphrodisiac.^[3]

References[]

^ Commelina dianthifolia Delile - PLANTS Profile. USDA Retrieved 25 January 2011.
^ Swank, George R. 1932 The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians. University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 38)
^ Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 19)

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[1] Commelina dianthifolia Delile - PLANTS Profile. USDA Retrieved 25 January 2011.

[2] Swank, George R. 1932 The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians. University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 38)

[3] Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 19)

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