Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Hydrophyllaceae
BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Nemophila menziesii Hooker & Amott
apparently intermediate between var. menziesii and
var. integrifolia Parish
Western SAN GABRIEL MTNS: Los Pinetos Spring at
the head of Los Pinetos Canyon; San Fernando 7.5' USGS
quad; T3N R15W, NW/4 NW/4 SW/4 sect 10; ca 2930
feet elevation.
Area around the spring dominated by a Juglans
californica - Quercus agrifolia woodland, unusual on the
north side of the range.
Locally common annual on mesic slopes in dappled
shade; corollas sub-rotate, very pale blue with slightly
darker veins; purple punctulations at base of corolla lobes
forming a ring. Associated with Claytoniaperfoliata
mexicana, Clarkia unguiculata, Lithophragma bolanderi,
L. affine, Boykinia rotundifolia, Sanicula crassicaulis,
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatas, Toxicodendron
diversilobum, Lathyrus laetiflorus, etc.
Tim Ross 6823
Walter Appleby
15 April 1993
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