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Collinsia childii

child's blue-eyed Mary, child's collinsia
Habit Annuals 8–35 cm, not fleshy.
Stems

erect to ascending.
Leaf

blades oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, length usually less than 6 times width, base of distals tapered, margins entire or serrulate.
Inflorescences

densely glandular;

nodes 2–5-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 2–3(+) mm.
Pedicels

spreading to ascending, longer than calyx, visible.
Flowers

calyx campanulate, lobes lanceolate, surpassing capsule, apex subacute to rounded;

corolla whitish or pale lavender, banner base with central field of purple spots, 6–9(–11) mm, glabrate;

banner length 0.9–1 times wings, lobe base without folds;

stamens: filaments glabrous, basal spur 0.
Seeds

2, ovate to oval, 2–3 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

Collinsia childii
Phenology Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul.
Habitat Shaded slopes, mixed oak-conifer woodlands.
Elevation 1000–2200 m. (3300–7200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Collinsia childii occurs principally on shaded, rocky soil. It is most common in the Sierra Nevada and Transverse ranges in the interior of southern California. There are also isolated populations in the South Coast Ranges.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 70.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Collinsia
Sibling taxa
C. antonina, C. bartsiifolia, C. callosa, C. concolor, C. corymbosa, C. grandiflora, C. greenei, C. heterophylla, C. latifolia, C. linearis, C. multicolor, C. parryi, C. parviflora, C. rattanii, C. sparsiflora, C. tinctoria, C. torreyi, C. verna, C. violacea, C. wrightii
Name authority Parry e× A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 257. (1878)
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