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Nemophila phacelioides (Baby blue-eyes)
Flaigg, Norman G.

Nemophila phacelioides Nutt.

Baby blue-eyes, Flannel breeches, Large-flower baby-blue-eyes, Largeflower baby blue eyes, Texas baby blue eyes

Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)

USDA Symbol: NEPH

USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

Large-flower baby-blue-eyes is an upright to straggling, hairy annual, 6-12 in. high. Its showy, pale-blue, bowl-shaped blossoms are frosted or whitish in the center and occur from leaf axils or in clusters at stem tips. Leaves are blue-green and lobed or divided into 9-11 broad segments.

This plant blooms early and dies by summer.

 

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Size Notes: 6-8 inches.
Fruit:
Size Class: 0-1 ft.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Blue
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May

Distribution

USA: AR , LA , OK , TX
Native Distribution: AR & OK to s.e. TX
Native Habitat: Woodlands edge, Opening
USDA Native Status: L48(N)

Growing Conditions

Water Use: Medium
Light Requirement: Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry
Soil Description: Moist, well-drained, sandy soils. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Calcareous, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay
Conditions Comments: Large-flower baby-blue-eyes is an upright to straggling, hairy annual. Its showy, pale-blue, bowl-shaped blossoms are frosted or whitish in the center and occur from leaf axils or in clusters at stem tips. Leaves are blue-green and lobed or divided. This plant blooms early and dies by summer.

Benefit

Use Ornamental: Attractive, Showy, Forms a carpet, Understory
Use Wildlife: Flowers-Butterflies & moths, Flowers-Bees, Nectar- bees, Nectar- butterflies
Conspicuous Flowers: yes
Deer Resistant: No

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

Propagation

Propagation Material: Seeds
Description: Sow seed in fall.
Seed Collection: Not Available
Commercially Avail: yes

From the National Organizations Directory

According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is either on display or available from the following:

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin, TX
Brackenridge Field Laboratory - Austin, TX
Stengl Biological Research Station - Smithville, TX

Herbarium Specimen(s)

NPSOT 0570 Collected Mar 20, 1990 in Bexar County by Harry Cliffe
NPSOT 0005 Collected April 12,1990 in Bexar County by Judith C. Berry

Wildflower Center Seed Bank

LBJWC-1162 Collected 2012-05-14 in Travis County by Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Bibliography

Bibref 841 - Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants (2006) Burrell, C. C.
Bibref 318 - Native Texas Plants: Landscaping Region by Region (2002) Wasowski, S. & A. Wasowski
Bibref 248 - Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide (1984) Loughmiller, C. & L. Loughmiller
Bibref 291 - Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife (1999) Damude, N. & K.C. Bender
Bibref 328 - Wildflowers of Texas (2003) Ajilvsgi, Geyata.
Bibref 286 - Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country (1989) Enquist, M.

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Nemophila phacelioides in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Nemophila phacelioides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Nemophila phacelioides

Metadata

Record Modified: 2007-01-01
Research By: TWC Staff, MAC

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