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Collinsia multicolor

Collinsia parryi

San Francisco blue eyed Mary, San Francisco collinsia

Parry's blue-eyed Mary, Parry's collinsia
Habit Annuals 30–60 cm. Annuals 10–40 cm.
Stems

ascending.

erect to ascending.
Leaf

blades: middle and distal lanceolate-deltate, margins coarsely serrate.

blades ± lanceolate, margins entire or crenate.
Inflorescences

± glandular;

proximal nodes 1- or 2-flowered, distals 2–4-flowered;

flowers not crowded proximally, sometimes crowded distally;

distalmost bracts linear, 3–5 mm.

± eglandular;

nodes 1–3(–5)-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 2–3 mm.
Pedicels

ascending to spreading, proximalmost sometimes longer than calyx, distalmost sometimes shorter than calyx, visible or distalmost not or scarcely visible.

ascending to spreading, usually longer than calyx, visible.
Flowers

calyx lobes deltate, surpassing capsule, apex acute;

corolla mostly white to pale lilac, banner base white with maroon dots and lines, rarely unmarked, wings and keel lavender to bluish purple, 12–18 mm, usually glabrous;

banner length 0.7–0.8 times wings, lobe base without folds;

banner lobes and wings obovate, notched;

keel sometimes sparsely glandular-hairy;

tube longer than diam., adaxial pouch rounded, slightly gibbous, not prominent;

stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous, adaxials hairy, basal spur 0(or 1).

calyx lobes ovate, equal to capsule, apex obtuse to subacute or obscurely rounded;

corolla blue-violet to lavender, rarely white, 4–10 mm, glabrous;

banner length 1 times wings, lobe base without folds;

stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous, adaxials sparsely spreading-hairy, basal spur 0.
Capsules

without red blotches.

Seeds

8(–12), oblong, 2–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.

8–12, oblong, 1–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.
2n

= 14.

Collinsia multicolor

Collinsia parryi
Phenology Flowering Mar–May. Flowering Apr–May(–Jun).
Habitat Moist, ± shady scrub, woodlands. Open chaparral, sagebrush scrub, mixed woodlands.
Elevation 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) 500–1600 m. (1600–5200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Collinsia multicolor is known from the Santa Cruz Mountains. The flowers of C. multicolor are similar to those of C. heterophylla, including markings at the base of the banner; C. multicolor lacks the curved basal spurs at the bases of the adaxial filaments, and its banner lobes and wings are notched. In C. multicolor, the adaxial side of the corolla tube is rounded and slightly gibbous, unlike the tube of C. heterophylla, which is saccate basally.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Collinsia parryi is most closely related to C. concolor, which has larger flowers arranged in tiers of whorls; their ranges are largely allopatric. Collinsia parryi occurs most commonly on the drier, leeward sides of the Peninsular and Transverse ranges. B. G. Baldwin et al. (2011) sampled chloroplast DNA, ribosomal DNA, and introns of nuclear-coding DNA and showed that many individuals of C. parryi had zero sequence-divergence from C. concolor. This result suggests a recent diversification of these taxa from an ancestor that was most like C. concolor.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 66. FNA vol. 17, p. 67.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Collinsia Plantaginaceae > Collinsia
Sibling taxa
C. antonina, C. bartsiifolia, C. callosa, C. childii, C. concolor, C. corymbosa, C. grandiflora, C. greenei, C. heterophylla, C. latifolia, C. linearis, C. parryi, C. parviflora, C. rattanii, C. sparsiflora, C. tinctoria, C. torreyi, C. verna, C. violacea, C. wrightii
C. antonina, C. bartsiifolia, C. callosa, C. childii, C. concolor, C. corymbosa, C. grandiflora, C. greenei, C. heterophylla, C. latifolia, C. linearis, C. multicolor, C. parviflora, C. rattanii, C. sparsiflora, C. tinctoria, C. torreyi, C. verna, C. violacea, C. wrightii
Name authority Lindley & Paxton: Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 89, plate 55. (1851) A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 257. (1878)
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