Hydrophyllaceae
Small baby blue eyes
Nemophila heterophylla
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Genus
- Nemophila
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Small baby blue eyes
Synonyms
- Nemophila decumbens Eastw.
- Nemophila divaricata Eastw.
- Nemophila diversifolia Eastw.
- Nemophila fallax Eastw.
- Nemophila flaccida Eastw.
- Nemophila glauca Eastw.
- Nemophila heterophylla var. flaccida Brand
- Nemophila heterophylla var. nemorensis (Eastw.) Jeps.
- Nemophila heterophylla var. tenera (Eastw.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Nemophila hispida Eastw.
- Nemophila inaequalis Eastw.
- Nemophila nemorensis var. glauca Brand
- Nemophila nemorensis var. gracilis Brand
- Nemophila tenera Eastw.
- Viticella heterophylla (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) J.F.Macbr.
- Viticella heterophylla var. flaccida (Brand) J.F.Macbr.
- Viticella heterophylla var. tenera A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.