Odd tufts of water-hyacinth were travelling on the soft spermy water, holding up a green leaf like a little sail of a boat, and nodding a delicate, mauve-blue flower.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plumed Serpent] Reference

'Baby Pete,' a dwarf lily-of-the-Nile that grows only 9 inches tall; mauve-blue flower heads top short, wide leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

A long time, sitting in the pine wood till the evening gathered and the stars crept out in a sky of that mauve-blue which the psychic say is the soul-garment colour of the good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond] Reference

With elongated leaves and mauve-blue flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference