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Sierra baby blue eyes

Nemophila spatulata

Sierra baby blue eyes
Photo: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0

Sierra baby blue eyes is a low annual wildflower in the Hydrophyllaceae family, grown mainly for its bowl-shaped white or blue flowers. It is a cool-season plant that thrives in open, well-drained ground and sets seed quickly.

Family
Hydrophyllaceae (Hydrophyll family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water lightly while seedlings establish, then let the soil dry between waterings; it prefers not to be waterlogged.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil, lean rather than rich.
Temperature
10–24 °C; tolerates light frost once established, but protect young seedlings below about 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
California to Mexico (Baja California Norte)
Climate
subtropical

About

Nemophila spatulata has common names Sierra baby blue-eyes and Sierra nemophila. The genus Nemophila is placed in the family Hydrophyllaceae.

Where it grows

The plant is an annual herb wildflower that grows in California, and adjacent areas of Nevada and Oregon.

Other Nemophila plants

Smallflower baby blue eyes · Basin nemophila · Small baby blue eyes · Fivespot · Baby blue eyes · Smallflower nemophila · Littlefoot nemophila · Largeflower baby blue eyes · Eastwood's baby blue eyes · Baby Blue Eyes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nemophila spatulata 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.

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