Baby Blue Eyes, Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii
Family Waterleaf (Hydrophyllaceae) Height 8 in.
Color Blue with white Flowers Bowl-shaped, 5 petals
Blooms March - April Leaves Compound, lobed
Habitat Meadows, grasslands    

Once you've seen a healthy carpet of Baby Blue Eyes growing in the spring, you'll be forever charmed by them. Flowers can be a spectacular intense blue to a pale robin's egg blue.

Baby Blue Eyes do well as garden annuals.

There is also a less common white variation (Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria).


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References


Wildflowers of Norther California's Wine Country & North Coast Ranges. Cloverdale, CA: New Creek Ranch Press, 2007.

Mount Diablo Wildflowers. Walnut Creek, CA: Mt. Diablo Interpretive Association, 2005.