[The Genus Nemophila in Mt. Adams Country]

Meadow Baby-blue-eyes, Meadow Nemophila, Spreading Nemophila

Nemophila pedunculata

The photo above shows the upper leaves and flower (past bloom) of meadow nemophila as seen along Laurel Road in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge........June 15, 2008. Note the long auricles reflexed backwards from the notch between each calyx lobe. The auricles of this species are much more pronounced than those of the similar small-flowered nemophila (Nemophila parviflora) which can often found at the same location.

The photo at left shows a close-up of a stem leaf of meadow nemophila as seen in Conboy Lake NWR along Laurel Road..........June 15, 2008. The lobes of the leaf tend to be shorter and rounder than those of the similar small-flowered nemophila (Nemophila parviflora). The photo at right shows meadow nemophila as seen in meadows east of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area......April 2, 2023.

Meadow nemophila found at left at a bald along the Pacific Crest Trail about one mile south of Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument..........May 28, 2021. The image at right shows meadow nemophila in bloom in open oak forest to the east of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area......March 30, 2024.

Paul Slichter