baby blue eyes ( Nemophila )

baby blue eyes

n.

Native California flower with dark-spotted blue flowers.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Plantae – Vegetal, plants
Subkingdom	Viridaeplantae – green plants
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants
Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants
Infradivision	Angiospermae – flowering plants, angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Boraginales
Family	Boraginaceae – borage
Genus	Nemophila [ Nutt. ] – blue-eyes, baby blue eyes
Direct Children:
Species	Nemophila aphylla (L.) Brummitt – smallflower baby blue eyes
Species	Nemophila arizonica M.E. Jones
Species	Nemophila breviflora A. Gray – baby blue eyes, Great Basin blue-eyes, basin nemophila
Species	Nemophila heterophylla Fisch. & C.A. Mey. – small baby blue eyes
Species	Nemophila kirtleyi L.F. Hend. – Kirtley's nemophila
Species	Nemophila maculata Benth. ex Lindl. – fivespot
Species	Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn. – baby blue-eyes, baby blue eyes
Species	Nemophila parviflora Douglas ex Benth. – smallflower blue-eyes, smallflower nemophila
Species	Nemophila pedunculata Douglas ex Benth. – littlefoot blue-eyes, littlefoot nemophila
Species	Nemophila phacelioides Nutt. – largeflower nemophila, baby blue-eyes, largeflower baby blue eyes
Species	Nemophila pulchella Eastw. – Eastwood's baby blue eyes
Species	Nemophila spatulata Coville – Sierra blue-eyes, Sierra baby blue eyes

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Nemophila, Baby Blue Eyes

Baby Blue Eyes, Nemopila insignis (Hydrophyllaceae)

Nemophila,( Nutt. ) Taxonomic Serial No.: 31421