| Nemophila parviflora | |
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| var. parviflora | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Nemophila |
| Species: | N. parviflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Nemophila parviflora | |
Nemophila parviflora, the smallflower nemophila, small-flowered nemophila or oak-leaved nemophila, is a dicot in the borage family, Boraginaceae, in the waterleaf subfamily, Hydrophylloideae.
The plant is native to the low to moderate elevation forests and chaparral and oak woodlands of western North America, from California to British Columbia and Utah.
Description
Nemophila parviflora is an annual herb that grows in the spring.
The flowers are bowl-shaped, white to lavender, solitary from leaf axils. The corolla is up to 4.5 millimeters wide. The leaves are 10–35 mm long and 8–25 mm wide. They have 2 pairs of lateral lobes and the lobes are entire.
The fruit is a capsule with a single seed. [1]
Varieties
- Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
- Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora
- Nemophila parviflora var. quercifolia
References
- ^ "Nemophila parviflora". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ^ Calflora: species and varieties
- ^ USDA: Subordinate taxa
External links
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Media related to
Nemophila parviflora at Wikimedia Commons - Calflora Database: Nemophila parviflora (small flowered nemophila, smallflower nemophila)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2): Nemophila maculata
- Nemophila maculata — UC Photos gallery
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- Nemophila
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Hydrophylloideae stubs