Nemophila aphylla

ClassificationDicots
FamilyBoraginaceae
Family (Traditional)Hydrophyllaceae
GenusNemophila
Species:Nemophila aphylla (L.) Brummitt
Common NameSmallflower Baby Blue Eyes
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: SM; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Leaflet Number: 2; Leaflet Number: 3; Leaflet Number: 4; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 4
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S2?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Nemophila evanescens Nemophila evanescens Darby

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Fulton (KY), Hickman (KY), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Cheatham (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), Lincoln (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Wayne (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100486388 Hickman Kentucky Deborah White
EKY
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181988 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181970 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181984 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181992 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181963 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT024449 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0059348 Stewart Tennessee 05 May 2014 Edward Chester
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0040989 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT036576 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT042168 Bedford Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
31234100486438 Maury Tennessee 03 May 1980 T. Filipczak
123
EKY
Nemophila aphylla
31234100486396 Hickman Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Nemophila aphylla
31234100486370 Fulton Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181959 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181965 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181950 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181991 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181972 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT024448 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0113387 Marshall Tennessee
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0112540 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
MEM005818 Hickman Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181986 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181951 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181948 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181964 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181971 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181961 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT042165 Bedford Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
HTTU036332 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Nemophila aphylla
HTTU036175 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Nemophila aphylla
31234100486446 Shelby Tennessee 28 Mar 1976 Elizabeth M. Browne
76A2.1
EKY
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181949 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181981 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181958 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181994 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181952 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0114458 Robertson Tennessee 21 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0099989 Montgomery Tennessee 01 Apr 2008
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0021718 Stewart Tennessee 22 Apr 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0021720 Stewart Tennessee 06 Apr 1967 Haskell Phillips
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
UOS01704 Franklin Tennessee 27 Mar 2009 Jon Evans
UOS
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181998 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181969 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0182019 Hickman Kentucky
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181983 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181966 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181962 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0021729 Montgomery Tennessee 02 May 1982
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0110033 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0021719 Stewart Tennessee 21 Apr 1978 Edward Chester
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
HTTU036201 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181974 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181953 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181987 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181955 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181993 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT024450 Loudon Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0040906 Hickman Tennessee 05 Apr 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0040904 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0114449 Montgomery Tennessee 23 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0021730 Davidson Tennessee 04 Apr 1956
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT037398 Bedford Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
UCHT037397 Giles Tennessee
UCHT
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181989 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181960 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181956 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181982 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181990 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181985 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0080369 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
HTTU028521 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Nemophila aphylla
MTSU018633 Bedford Tennessee 27 Mar 2002 Dwayne Estes
03051
MTSU
Nemophila aphylla
MTSU018632 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Apr 2003 Lindsay Battle
27
MTSU
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0210248 Davidson Tennessee A. Gattinger
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181996 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181973 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181957 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181968 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181967 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181997 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181954 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
TENN-V-0181995 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Nemophila aphylla
APSC0021727 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Nemophila aphylla
HTTU027686 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Nemophila aphylla
MEM005819 Fulton Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Nemophila aphylla
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