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Collinsia parryi

Collinsia childii

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

child's blue-eyed Mary, child's collinsia
Habit Annuals 10–40 cm. Annuals 8–35 cm, not fleshy.
Stems

erect to ascending.

erect to ascending.
Leaf

blades ± lanceolate, margins entire or crenate.

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

± eglandular;

nodes 1–3(–5)-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 2–3 mm.

densely glandular;

nodes 2–5-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

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

ascending to spreading, usually longer than calyx, visible.

spreading to ascending, longer than calyx, visible.
Flowers

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.

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

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

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

= 14.

Collinsia parryi

Collinsia childii
Phenology Flowering Apr–May(–Jun). Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul.
Habitat Open chaparral, sagebrush scrub, mixed woodlands. Shaded slopes, mixed oak-conifer woodlands.
Elevation 500–1600 m. (1600–5200 ft.) 1000–2200 m. (3300–7200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

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.)

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. 67. FNA vol. 17, p. 70.
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. multicolor, C. parviflora, C. rattanii, C. sparsiflora, C. tinctoria, C. torreyi, C. verna, C. violacea, C. wrightii
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 A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 257. (1878) Parry e× A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 257. (1878)
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