Hydrophyllaceae
Baby blue eyes
Nemophila menziesii
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Genus
- Nemophila
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 幌菊, 喜林草, 大喜林草, 大粉蝶花, 粉蝶花
- Czech
- Hajnička Menziesova
- English
- Baby blue eyes
- Finnish
- Sinisievikki
- Japanese
- ルリカラクサ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Barneøye
- Persian
- کوچولوی چشم آبی, کوچولوی چشم ابی
- Swedish
- Prins gustafs öga
- Turkish
- Özlem Çiçeği
Synonyms
- Nemophila brandegeei Eastw.
- Nemophila discoidalis Lem.
- Nemophila erosa Suksd.
- Nemophila evermanni Eastw.
- Nemophila insignis Benth.
- Nemophila insignis var. intermedia Jeps.
- Nemophila insignis var. menziesii (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC.
- Nemophila liniflora Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Nemophila menziesii f. umbrosa Brand
- Nemophila menziesii subsp. insignis (Benth.) Brand
- Nemophila menziesii subsp. liniflora (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Brand
- Nemophila menziesii subsp. menziesii
- Nemophila menziesii var. brandegeei (Eastw.) Brand
- Nemophila menziesii var. liniflora (Fisch. & E.Mey.) Voss
- Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii
- Nemophila menziesii var. minima Brand
- Nemophila menziesii var. minor Brand
- Nemophila menziesii var. minutiflora Suksd.
- Nemophila menziesii var. venosa (Jeps.) Brand
- Nemophila minutiflora (Suksd.) Suksd.
- Nemophila modesta Kellogg
- Nemophila sepulta var. minutiflora (Suksd.) Brand
- Nemophila venosa Jeps.
- Viticella menziesii (Hook. & Arn.) J.F.Macbr.
- Viticella menziesii var. liniflora (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) J.F.Macbr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Cliff Hutson, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: katorisi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.