[Baby Blue-eyes and Nemophilas: The Genus Nemophila West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]
Meadow Nemophila, Spreading Nemophila
Nemophila pedunculata
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of meadow nemophila as seen in moist prairie at the Agate Desert Preserve to the north of Medford, OR........April 4, 2009. Note the purplish tips to each petal.
The photo above shows a close-up sideview of the flower of meadow nemophila as seen in moist prairie at the Agate Desert Preserve to the north of Medford, OR.........April 4, 2009.
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The photo at right shows a close-up of a stem leaf of meadow nemophila as seen in moist prairie at the Agate Desert Preserve to the north of Medford, OR..........April 4, 2009. The photo at right shows meadow nemophila as seen in the Jacksonville Woodlands, Jacksonville, OR.........April 6, 2009. Note the long auricles reflexed backwards from the notch between each calyx lobe in the flower at lower left.
The varied leaves of meadow nemophila as seen in the Jacksonville Woodlands, Jacksonville, OR........April 6, 2009.
Paul Slichter