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Nemophila maculata
Fivespot is a low annual wildflower native to California and Oregon, grown for its white, purple-spotted spring blooms. It grows best in full sun to part shade in loose, evenly moist, well-drained soil and often self-seeds.
Nemophila maculata is a species of flowering plant, commonly known as fivespot. The genus Nemophila is placed in the family Hydrophyllaceae.
Nemophila maculata is sown as an annual ornamental plant in traditional, native plant, and pollinator/wildlife gardens. It grows in loose, evenly moist, and well-drained soils. It requires full sun to part shade and will self seed in optimum growth conditions.
The wildflower is found on slopes in elevations between 20–1,000 metres (66–3,281 ft). The plant is endemic to California. It is most common in the Sierra Nevada, Sacramento Valley, and the California Coast Ranges in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nemophila maculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
