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Collinsia parryi

Collinsia violacea

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

violet blue-eyed Mary, violet collinsia
Habit Annuals 10–40 cm. Annuals 10–35(–60) cm.
Stems

erect to ascending.

erect to ascending.
Leaf

blades ± lanceolate, margins entire or crenate.

blades oblong to lanceolate, margins entire or weakly serrate.
Inflorescences

± eglandular;

nodes 1–3(–5)-flowered;

flowers not crowded;

distalmost bracts linear, 2–3 mm.

glabrous or glandular to scaly-hairy;

nodes 1–6(–8)-flowered;

flowers not crowded proximally, sometimes crowded distally;

distalmost bracts linear, 5–6(+) mm.
Pedicels

ascending to spreading, usually longer than calyx, visible.

ascending to reflexed, usually longer than calyx, visible, glandular abaxially and adaxially.
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 lobes deltate, surpassing capsule, apex acuminate;

corolla violet, banner pale violet to white, base yellow with dark orange spot, wings and keel violet, 10–15 mm, keel glabrous or sparsely glandular;

banner length 0.6–0.7(–0.8) times wings, lobe base without folds;

wings narrowly obcordate, notched 0.2 times whole length;

throat slightly angled to tube, longer than diam., pouch arched, slightly expanded;

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

without red blotches.
Seeds

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

6–12, oblong to oval, 1–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.
2n

= 14.

= 14.

Collinsia parryi

Collinsia violacea
Phenology Flowering Apr–May(–Jun). Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Open chaparral, sagebrush scrub, mixed woodlands. Sandy or rocky soils, dry open areas, woodlands.
Elevation 500–1600 m. (1600–5200 ft.) 10–300 m. (0–1000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
AR; IL; KS; MO; OK; TX
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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.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 67. FNA vol. 17, p. 65.
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. 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. wrightii
Name authority A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 257. (1878) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 179. (1835)
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