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Definition of Nemophila aurita
1. Noun. Straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Pholistoma, Pholistoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nemophila Aurita
Literary usage of Nemophila aurita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1838)
"nemophila aurita. Lindl. in hot. reg. t. 1601. Hoot fibrous, annual. Stem diffuse,
branched, cylindrical, about a foot high, rough, like the rest of the ..."
2. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The culture resembles that of other annuals, except that it should not be thinned
out, and that it should always be kept in the shade. 2.—nemophila aurita ..."
3. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"nemophila aurita, Lindl. Baby-eyes or Waterleaf Family. Stems.—One to three feet
long; square; angled; weak; very brittle ; with backward-pointing, ..."
4. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"nemophila aurita, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1601 ; Alph. DC. Prodr. 9, p. 290. San Diego,
California ; Parry. San Pasqual, in the same State, May ; Thurber. ..."
5. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"Apr. In vegetative Shady places in the foothills: Antioch and Evergreen, Santa
Clara habit strikingly similar to nemophila aurita. 2. ..."
6. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1837)
"nemophila aurita. Ear-leaved Nemophila. This is a pretty annual with dark blue
flowers, which, when expanded fully, are about the size of a sixpence. ..."
7. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1856)
"San Gabriel and Los Angeles; March. NEMOPHILA INSIGNIS, Benth. lc Santa Barbara ;
also between Santa Clara and Los Angeles ; March. nemophila aurita, Lindl. ..."
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