Collinsia parviflora |
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blue-eyed Mary, collinsia, few flower blue eyed Mary, maiden blue eyed Mary, small-flower blue-eyed-Mary, small-flower collinsia |
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Habit | Annuals 3–40 cm. |
Stems | erect to ascending. |
Leaf | blades ± linear-lanceolate, obovate, or narrowly elliptic, margins subentire. |
Inflorescences | glabrous or sparsely and finely glandular; proximal nodes 1-flowered, distals 3–5(–7)-flowered; flowers not crowded proximally, sometimes crowded distally; distalmost bracts linear, 5–6 mm. |
Pedicels | ascending to reflexed, longer than calyx, visible. |
Flowers | calyx lobes ± deltate, equal to capsule, apex sharply acute to acuminate; corolla blue, banner whitish or blue-tipped, 4–8 mm, glabrous; banner length 0.8–1 times wings, lobe base without folds; banner lobes and wings blue, sometimes purplish, oblong, 1(–3) mm wide; throat barely angled to tube, tube and throat white, narrowed to lips, pouch angular, ± hidden by calyx; stamens: filaments glabrous, basal spur 0. |
Seeds | (3 or)4, oblong, 2–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. |
2n | = 14, 28, 42. |
Collinsia parviflora |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jul. |
Habitat | Forests, grasslands, meadows, eroded banks, bedrock depressions, scree slopes, shrublands, shaded shorelines. |
Elevation | 0–3500 m. (0–11500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MA; MI; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; PA; SD; UT; VT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NS; ON; SK; YT
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Discussion | Collinsia parviflora is the closest relative of C. grandiflora and is primarily a plant of moist montane habitats with well-drained, rocky or sandy soil. However, it occurs in a wide range of habitats across its entire range. The species is also the most widespread taxon within Collinsia. Some plants from the western coastal ranges may be difficult to separate from C. grandiflora. Collinsia parviflora is frequently confused with C. wrightii. The corollas of C. wrightii are distinctly purplish; those of C. parviflora are bright blue. The acute to acuminate sepals of C. parviflora contrast with the blunt, rounded tips of sepals of C. wrightii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 66. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Collinsia |
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Synonyms | C. grandiflora var. pusilla |
Name authority | Lindley: Bot. Reg. 13: plate 1082. (1827) |
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