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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nemophila aphylla   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nemophila aphylla   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nemophila aphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Nemophila triloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-03-001:

Nemophila microcalyx   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nemophila microcalyx

 

COMMON NAME:
Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes


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image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_nemi2_001_lvd

        

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

Jerry Bright    jeb_031508_093

March    Aiken County    SC

Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Leaves are long-stalked with blade deeply divided into 3-5 lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm120325_865

March    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm160311_108

March    Greenville County    SC

Riparian zone along urban waterway

Calyx lobes lanceolate, pilose-hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2246

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

Keith Bradley    kab_n_aphylla_1475

March    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_n_aphylla_cropped

March        

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

Alan Cressler    alc_8663115873_e625248374

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Corolla white, campanulate, c. 3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm090404_156

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm180408_264

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm180408_266

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm180408_282

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnmicrocalyx_mcc2

April    McCormick County    SC

Solitary flowers (and later fruits) borne on pedicels mostly > 12mm long, opposite the leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Nemophila aphylla, Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes

JK Marlow    jkm080517_072

May    Aiken County    SC

Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Fruit is a hairy capsule, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nemophila aphylla   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nemophila aphylla   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nemophila aphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Nemophila triloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-03-001:
Nemophila microcalyx   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemophila microcalyx

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2205

Forb
Weak annual

Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich floodplain forests, often locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple: Divided, appearing compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Flowers have pedicels.
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 included stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary, opposite the leaves

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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