Baby blue eyes

Baby blue eyes
Nemophila menziesii
Baby blue eyes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Nemophila
Species: N. menziesii
Binomial name
Nemophila menziesii
Hook. & Arn.

Nemophila menziesii, the Baby blue eyes is a common annual herb of California, Oregon, and Baja California. It is a spring-blooming wildflower that gets its name from the bright blue flowers of two of the three varieties that are recognised. It is also cultivated in gardens. It can occasionally be found outside its native range as an introduced species, in Alaska, for example.[1]

Nemophila menziesii, the Baby blue eyes, grows virtually throughout California at heights from sea level up to almost 6500 feet (2000 metres). It grows in many types of habitat.

The plant is variable in appearance. The leaves are lobed and oppositely arranged. The flowers are blue or white.

There are three varieties.

  • 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 centre 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 centres 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 1600 meters.

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  • baby-blue-eyes — aby blue eyes n. 1. delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots. Syn: baby blue eyes, Nemophila menziesii [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • baby blue-eyes — ☆ baby blue eyes [blo͞o′īz΄ ] n. a native Calif. wildflower (Nemophila menziesii) of the waterleaf family with bell shaped flowers * * * …   Universalium

  • baby blue-eyes — ☆ baby blue eyes [blo͞o′īz΄ ] n. a native Calif. wildflower (Nemophila menziesii) of the waterleaf family with bell shaped flowers …   English World dictionary

  • baby blue-eyes — noun delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots • Syn: ↑Nemophila menziesii • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Nemophila * * * ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ …   Useful english dictionary

  • baby-blue-eyes — /bay bee blooh uyz /, n., pl. baby blue eyes. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of several plants of the genus Nemophila, of western North America, esp. N. menziesii, a low growing plant having blue, white centered flowers. [1885 90, Amer.; so… …   Universalium

  • baby-blue-eyes — /bay bee blooh uyz /, n., pl. baby blue eyes. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of several plants of the genus Nemophila, of western North America, esp. N. menziesii, a low growing plant having blue, white centered flowers. [1885 90, Amer.; so… …   Useful english dictionary

  • baby blue-eyes — mėlynoji nemofilė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Hidrofilinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Nemophila menziesii), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Nemophila menziesii angl. baby blue eyes šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • baby-blue-eyes — ba′by blue′ eyes n. pl. eyes. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) pln a low growing plant, Nemophila menziesii, of the waterleaf family, native to California, having blue flowers with white centers • Etymology: 1885–90, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • baby blue-eyes — n. blue eyes, California annual plant that has blue flowers …   English contemporary dictionary

  • baby blue eyes — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1887 a delicate blue flowered California herb (Nemophila menziesii) of the waterleaf family …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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