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Blue petals and looking like a small yellow-brown flowers sterile stamens of an asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis). Below them on the left are long "true" stamens with anthers, and on the right is a pistil. According to Wikipedia, the blue petals has been used to produce blue dye for a long time in Japan. In China and India, the plant is used as medicinal herb and as a vegetable and fodder crop.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!