Calflora: Nemophila menziesii

Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn.

baby blue eyes

Nemophila menziesii, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Northern Oak Woodland, Southern Oak Woodland, Valley Grassland, Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Redwood Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest
Habitat:	slopes [Walker]
Elevation:	between 0 and 6233 feet
Family:	BORAGINACEAE (CNPS + PLANTS: HYDROPHYLLACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Nemophila found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria Nemophila menziesii var. integrifolia Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Plant
Characteristics
+ Associated
Organisms

Bloom Period

Add an
Observation

Observation Hotline
including observations with photos

Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

Hover the mouse over the map to see county names. Click to view records from that county.

	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 32 / 15 CCH Amador: 7 / 6 CCH Butte: 18 / 17 CCH Calaveras: 6 / 5 CCH Contra Costa: 62 / 16 CCH Colusa: 10 / 9 CCH Del Norte: 14 / 13 CCH El Dorado: 14 / 11 CCH Fresno: 27 / 21 CCH Glenn: 4 / 3 CCH Humboldt: 62 / 61 CCH Imperial: 4 / 4 CCH Inyo: 4 / 4 CCH Kern: 92 / 82 CCH Lake: 43 / 38 CCH Los Angeles: 276 / 239 CCH Madera: 13 / 11 CCH Mendocino: 46 / 30 CCH Merced: 6 / 2 CCH Monterey: 77 / 45 CCH Mariposa: 25 / 20 CCH Marin: 72 / 39 CCH Napa: 58 / 43 CCH Nevada: 2 / 1 CCH Orange: 30 / 23 CCH Placer: 11 / 9 CCH Riverside: 191 / 178 CCH Sacramento: 6 / 4 CCH Santa Barbara: 58 / 54 CCH San Bernardino: 223 / 218 CCH San Benito: 11 / 5 CCH Santa Clara: 37 / 26 CCH Santa Cruz: 15 / 11 CCH San Diego: 313 / 291 CCH San Francisco: 10 / 7 CCH Shasta: 3 / 3 CCH San Joaquin: 4 / 3 CCH San Luis Obispo: 56 / 44 CCH San Mateo: 10 / 5 CCH Solano: 11 / 8 CCH Sonoma: 83 / 41 CCH Stanislaus: 3 / 3 CCH Sutter: 7 / 6 CCH Tehama: 11 / 10 CCH Trinity: 18 / 17 CCH Tulare: 15 / 12 CCH Tuolumne: 15 / 11 CCH Ventura: 24 / 22 CCH Yolo: 6 / 5 CCH Yuba: 2 / 2 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Nemophila menziesii from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (NEME)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database