Nemophila menziesii
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Nemophila menziesii, known commonly as baby blue eyes or baby's-blue-eyes,[1] is an annual herb, native to western North America. [2]
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Distribution
The plant is native to California, Baja California, and Oregon. [3]
It grows virtually throughout California at elevations from sea level up to almost 6,500 feet (2,000 m). It grows in many types of habitats, including chaparral, valley grasslands, and montane locales. [4]
Description
Nemophila menziesii is variable in appearance. The leaves are lobed and oppositely arranged. The flowers are blue or white.
Varieties
The species includes three varieties, two of which bear blue flowers, which are: [5] [6]
- Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria has white flowers with black dots, often with a faint blue tint or blue veins in the corolla. It is found on coastal bluffs or grassy slopes in Oregon, Northwestern California, the Central Coast of California, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Nemophila menziesii var. integrifolia has blue flowers, with black dots at the center and deep blue veins. It is found in grasslands, canyons, woodlands, and slopes in the Central Coast, southern Coast Ranges, southwestern California, east of the Sierra Nevada range, and into the Mojave Desert and Baja California
- Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii has bright blue flowers with white centers that are generally dotted with black. It is found virtually throughout California, in meadows, grasslands, chaparral, woodlands, slopes, and desert washes, but it does not occur above 5200 feet (1600 meters).
Cultivation
It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant, as annual wildflower in native plant, water conserving, traditional, and wildlife gardens.
It can occasionally be found outside its native range as an introduced species, such as in Alaska.[3]
Gallery
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Baby blue-eyes, central SLO County, CA
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Nemophila menziesii 'Penny Black', Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
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Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria
References
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- Jepson eFlora treatment of Nemophila menziesii
- Calflora Database: Nemophila menziesii (baby blue eyes)
- USDA Plants Profile for Nemophila menziesii (baby blue eyes)
- CalPhotos - Nemophila menziesii
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- ↑ GRIN Species Profile - Nemophila menziesii
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 USDA
- ↑ Jepson (TJM2)
- ↑ CalFlora: Varieties
- ↑ USDA: Subordinate taxa
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- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Nemophila
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Wyoming
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1833
