Baby blue eyes

Nemophila menziesii subsp. insignis

January 28th's birth flower

Location: Aqua
Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
Location: Daiba
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
Location: Ashikaga Flower Park
Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden

Flower name
Baby blue eyes
Scientific name
Nemophila menziesii subsp. insignis
Aliasベビーブルーアイズ, Nemophila menziesii 'Insignis blue', baby blue eyes, ルリカラクサ, ネモフィラ, Insignis blue, ネモフィラメンジーシー, Nemophila menziesii
Place of originWestern California, North America
Place of floweringGarden
Flowering seasonMarch, April, May, June

What is Baby blue eyes

Birth flowers for Feb 21, Jan 28

💧January 28th's birth flower is Baby blue eyes
～The Droplet of the Nemophila～
Aqua (drop's thought, illustration, English-Chinese translation), Edited by Mizuho @Kagiken

nemophila、 illustration by Aqua

A Drop's Thought ~Nemophila~

by Aqua
“Even a tiny drop holds a heart full to the brim.”

The gentle blue of nemophila,
like the spring sky reflected, is the color of hope.
Within those small petals,
a great feeling quietly dwells.

Baby blue eyes

Baby blue eyes (Scientific name: Nemophila menziesii subsp. Insignis) is a cold-weed crawling annual grass of the genus Nemophila of the Boraginaceae family in the western part of North America such as California.
In the spring, light blue flower bells with a bell-shaped tip and 5 tears at the tip are blooming in inflorescences stretched from low plant height.
The flower is a blue ground and the center is white. The tip of the petal is rounded. If it is a crowd, it looks like a blue carpet on one side. It is similar to the wild grass birdeye speedwell (Scientific name: Veronica persica) which even smaller flowers bloom.

Name: Baby blue eyes,
Scientific name: Nemophila menziesii subsp. Insignis,
aka:Nemophila menziesii 'Insignis blue', Baby Blue Eyes, Nemophila Menziesi, Nemophila Insignis, Common Calarxa, Origin: North America West (California),
Plant Length: 10 to 20 cm,
Lifestyle type: Cold-resistant annual grass,
leaf shape: feathery compound leaves, leaf margin: fissure,
generic name flower, inflorescence: spiral shape, flower shape: bell shape, flower season: March to June, flower diameter: 2 cm, flower color: Flowering period: March to June.

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