Nemophila pulchella var. pulchella

Eastwood's baby blue eyes

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Eastwood's baby blue eyes is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada, central Sierra Nevada Forest, San Joaquin Valley, southern Coast Ranges, and San Gabriel Mountains in slopes, forests, chaparral, woodlands, meadows, and streambank habitats at elevations of 100 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from April to June, this delicate plant produces blue flowers with bright white centers, creating a striking visual contrast. Growing with slender stems up to 30 centimeters tall, it forms compact and graceful clusters. Its opposite leaves, occasionally becoming alternate near the stem's top, are finely divided with soft, delicate edges. When mature, the plant produces small seeds typically numbering two to four.

Habitat: Slopes, forest, chaparral, woodland, meadows, streambanks

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 100-2100 m

Bioregions: s SN, c SNF, SnJV, SCoRI, SnGb.

California counties: Fresno, Tulare, Madera, Los Angeles, Amador, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Placer

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.