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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Baby Blue Eyes (Nemohila aphylla)

Small diffusely branched, weak-stemmed annual, 4-16" all, from a taproot. Leaves: alternate, long-petioled, 0.5-1.2" long, triangular in outline, deeply divided into 3-5 lobes, then again lobed and toothed.

Flowers are white to pale blue, upward-turned, bell-shaped, only 0.12" wide, 5 rounded lobes; borne singly on long, thin stalks from the leaf nodes. 

Bloom time: March - May.

Where Found: Moist woods and river bottoms, from MD to KY, south to FL and TX. In Middle and East TN also Shelby County in West TN. Frequent.

Note: this flower is sometimes referred to as Smallflower Baby Blue Eyes.
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