The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits

by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

WHITE NEMOPHILA.

Nemophila atomaria, Fisch. and Mey. Baby-eyes or Waterleaf Family.

Corolla.—Pure white, closely dark-dotted nearly to the edge; an inch or less across; densely hairy within the tube. Scales of the corolla narrow, with long hairs. (Otherwise as N. insignis.) Hab.—Central California.

This delicate Nemophila haunts wet, springy places among the hills, and is at its best in early spring. There are a number of small-flowered forms of Nemophila which have been hitherto referred to N. parviflora, but which the future will probably prove to constitute a number of species.

N. maculata, Benth., found in Middle California and the High Sierras, is a charming form, with large flowers, whose petals bear strong violet blotches at the top.