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Wallflower in the spring, and the heavenly-blue flowers of = Nemophila insignis = in early summer will tempt many a one to walk in the garden who would care little for sheets of scarlet and yellow that in full sunshine make the eyes ache to look upon them.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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The third family (_Hydrophyllaceæ_) includes several species of water-leaf (_Hydrophyllum_) (Fig. 118, _E_) and _Phacelia_, among our wild flowers, and species of _Nemophila_, _Whitlavia_ and others from the western states, but now common in gardens.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The Nemophila comes up spotted, which is how we know it from the weeds.
Verses for Children and Songs for Music Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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When he made a hole two foot deep in the Nemophila bed, and laid a sheep's head by in it against a rainy day, I felt that something must be done.
Miscellanea Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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Blue orchard bee on a California five-spot flower (Nemophila maculata).
Everybody's Science -- America Needs... Your Back Yard! 2010
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These native California plants are Chinese houses (Collinsia heterophylla), California five-spot (Nemophila maculata), baby blue eyes
Everybody's Science -- America Needs... Your Back Yard! 2010
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(Nemophila menziesii), lacy or tansy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia), and California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia).
Everybody's Science -- America Needs... Your Back Yard! 2010
biocon commented on the word Nemophila
See nemophila. The first letter of this generic epithet must be upper case.
August 7, 2011