Flora of North America species comparison

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Collinsia childii

Collinsia callosa

child's blue-eyed Mary, child's collinsia

desert collinsia, desert mountain blue-eyed Mary, largefruit blue-eyed Mary
Habit Annuals 8–35 cm, not fleshy. Annuals 4–25 cm, fleshy.
Stems

erect to ascending.

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.

blades oblong to ovate, length usually less than 6 times width, base of distals clasping, margins usually entire.
Inflorescences

densely glandular;

nodes 2–5-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 2–3(+) mm.

glandular;

nodes 1–3-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts ovate, 2–3 mm.
Pedicels

spreading to ascending, longer than calyx, visible.

ascending to spreading, 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.

calyx campanulate to urceolate, lobes narrowly deltate to lanceolate, equal to capsule, apex subacute to rounded;

corolla lavender-blue, rarely pink, lobe base white, keel tip purple, 7–9 mm;

banner length 0.8–1 times wings, lobe base without folds;

stamens: filaments glabrous, adaxials rarely sparsely hairy, basal spur 0(or 1).
Seeds

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

6–8, oblong to hourglass-shaped, 1.8–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

Collinsia childii

Collinsia callosa
Phenology Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Shaded slopes, mixed oak-conifer woodlands. Disturbed, rocky slopes, open chaparral, sagebrush scrub, pinyon/juniper or pine woodlands.
Elevation 1000–2200 m. (3300–7200 ft.) 1000–2300 m. (3300–7500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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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.)

Collinsia callosa occurs primarily on the eastern sides of the southernmost Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and southern Sierra Nevada. A report of this species from Nye County, Nevada (J. T. Kartesz 1987) has not been verified by the author.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 70. FNA vol. 17, p. 67.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Collinsia 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
C. antonina, C. bartsiifolia, C. childii, 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) Parish: Erythea 7: 96. (1899)
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