| 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 |
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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). |
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.
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