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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nemophila aphylla
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Baby Blue Eyes at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nemophila aphylla
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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)
Nemophila microcalyx
COMMON NAME:
Baby Blue Eyes
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_nemi2_001_lvd
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120325_865
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160311_108
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Calyx lobes lanceolate, pilose-hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160331_201
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
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Keith Bradley kab_n_aphylla_1475
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_n_aphylla_cropped
March
Leaves pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm090404_156
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180408_264
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180408_266
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180408_282
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnmicrocalyx_mcc2
April McCormick County SC
Flowers are solitary on pedicels to 0.4" long opposite the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nemophila aphylla
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nemophila aphylla
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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)
Nemophila microcalyx
2205
Forb
Weak annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (but locally abundant)
Look for it in moist, nutrient-rich floodplain forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple: Divided, appearing compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Flowers have pedicels.
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 included stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary, opposite the leaves
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p154
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p207
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p245