The blue anthocyanin pigments from the blue flowers of Heliophila coronopifolia L. (Brassicaceae)

► Six anthocyanins and one flavonol were isolated from blue flowers of H. coronopifolia. ► Acylated anthocyanins were based on 3-sambubioside-5-glucosides of delphinidin and cyanidin. ► A blue anthocyanin-flavonol complex pigment was extracted from the blue flowers of H. coronopifolia. ► The blue pigment was composed of one molecule each of a main anthocyanin and flavonol. ► The blue pigment exhibited a molecular ion [M+1]+ at 2102 m/z.