Collinsia bartsiifolia
Collinsia heterophylla
white blue-eyed Mary, white collinsia
Chinese houses, innocence, purple Chinese-houses
erect to ascending or decumbent.
erect to ascending.
blades lanceolate-oblong to oblong, 1–4 cm, margins crenate.
blades lanceolate-deltate, margins serrate.
sparsely and obscurely glandular or shaggy-hairy or densely glandular;
whorls (1 or)2–7 on main axis, sometimes fewer on branches;
nodes (2 or)3–6-flowered;
flowers crowded;
distalmost bracts linear, 3–5(+) mm.
glabrous or hairy, ± glandular;
whorls 2–7 on main axis;
nodes 2–7-flowered;
flowers crowded;
distalmost bracts linear to lanceolate, 5–6 mm.
ascending to spreading, shorter than calyx, not or scarcely visible.
ascending to spreading, shorter than calyx, not or scarcely visible.
calyx lobes oblong to ovate, equal to capsule, apex rounded;
corolla whitish to pinkish, banner lobes and wings rarely purple-tipped and/or with purple spots at base, 8–20 mm, glabrous or glandular;
banner length 0.5–0.9+ times wings, lobe base without folds, tube longer than diam., hairy inside;
banner lobes ± oblong, toothed, backs often touching or parallel, wings ± oblong to obovate, entire or notched;
stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous or hairy, adaxials hairy, basal spur 0(or 1).
calyx lobes linear to ovate, equal to capsule, apex subacute to acute;
corolla red-purple, rarely white, banner white to lavender or tipped dark violet, maroon spots near center and forming horizontal lines near base, wings whitish to rose purple, keel usually with darker red tip, 10–20 mm, usually glabrous;
tube hairy inside, as wide as long, saccate basally, adaxial pouch prominent and ± square;
banner length 0.6–0.9 times wings, lobe base without folds;
stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous, adaxials hairy, basal spur 1.
8–16, oblong to ovate, sometimes prismatic or hourglass-shaped, 0.8–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.
6–12, ovate, 1.5–2 mm, margins slightly thickened, inrolled.
= 14.
Collinsia bartsiifolia
Collinsia heterophylla
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Collinsia heterophylla is the most widespread and frequently encountered species in California. There is structure in phylogenetic analysis of northern and southern populations (that is, paraphyly of southern populations) suggesting northward expansion and evidence for introgression with C. tinctoria (B. G. Baldwin et al. 2011) in the southern Sierra Nevada (Kern County and possibly Fresno County). This species is often confused with other collinsias that have tiered whorls of flowers, most frequently with C. bartsiifolia and C. concolor, which both lack the bold horizontal line present at the base of the adaxial corolla lip of C. heterophylla. Plants with reduced corolla pigmentation, nearly white, are uncommon outside of the South Coast Ranges and are often misidentified as C. bartsiifolia.
Collinsia bicolor Bentham, which pertains here, is a later homonym of C. bicolor Rafinesque, a synonym of 1. C. verna.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Corollas 13–20 mm. | → 2 |
2. Banner lengths 0.7–0.9+ times wings; plants (10–)20–35 cm. | var. bartsiifolia |
2. Banner lengths 0.5–0.7 times wings; plants 5–20 cm. | var. hirsuta |
1. Corollas 8–14 mm. | → 3 |
3. Corollas glabrous, usually white to pale lavender, wings often pinkish, obovate, notably notched; inflorescences not or scarcely glandular. | var. davidsonii |
3. Corollas glandular, pink to pinkish lavender, wings usually purple-tipped with purple spots at base, oblong to oblanceolate, entire or shallowly notched; inflorescences usually notably densely glandular. | var. stricta |
1. Corollas (13–)15–20 mm; leaf blade abaxial surfaces glabrous, midveins rarely hairy; banner lengths 0.8–0.9 times wings, reflexed portions 4+ times basal portions. | var. heterophylla |
1. Corollas 10–15(–18) mm; leaf blade abaxial surfaces sparsely hairy; banner lengths 0.6–0.8 times wings, reflexed portions 2–3 times basal portions. | var. austromontana |
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