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Nemophila menziesii
Also called Baby's Blue Eyes, California Bluebell, Menzies' Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila menziesii, known commonly as baby blue eyes or baby's-blue-eyes, is an annual herb, native to western North America.
Historically, it was eaten by cows kept by the Kawaiisu.
It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant, as annual wildflower in native plant, water conserving, traditional, and wildlife gardens.
It can occasionally be found outside its native range as an introduced species, such as in Alaska.
The plant is native to California, Baja California, and Oregon.
Smallflower baby blue eyes · Basin nemophila · Small baby blue eyes · Fivespot · Smallflower nemophila · Littlefoot nemophila · Largeflower baby blue eyes · Eastwood's baby blue eyes · Sierra baby blue eyes · Baby Blue Eyes
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nemophila menziesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
