Collinsia parviflora |
Collinsia bartsiifolia |
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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 |
white blue-eyed Mary, white collinsia |
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Habit | Annuals 3–40 cm. | Annuals 5–35 cm. | ||||||||||||
Stems | erect to ascending. |
erect to ascending or decumbent. |
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Leaf | blades ± linear-lanceolate, obovate, or narrowly elliptic, margins subentire. |
blades lanceolate-oblong to oblong, 1–4 cm, margins crenate. |
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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. |
sparsely and obscurely glandular or shaggy-hairy or densely glandular; whorls (1 or)2–7 on main axis, sometimes fewer on branches; nodes (2 or)3–6-flowered; flowers crowded; distalmost bracts linear, 3–5(+) mm. |
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Pedicels | ascending to reflexed, longer than calyx, visible. |
ascending to spreading, shorter than calyx, not or scarcely visible. |
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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. |
calyx lobes oblong to ovate, equal to capsule, apex rounded; corolla whitish to pinkish, banner lobes and wings rarely purple-tipped and/or with purple spots at base, 8–20 mm, glabrous or glandular; banner length 0.5–0.9+ times wings, lobe base without folds, tube longer than diam., hairy inside; banner lobes ± oblong, toothed, backs often touching or parallel, wings ± oblong to obovate, entire or notched; stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous or hairy, adaxials hairy, basal spur 0(or 1). |
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Seeds | (3 or)4, oblong, 2–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. |
8–16, oblong to ovate, sometimes prismatic or hourglass-shaped, 0.8–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. |
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2n | = 14, 28, 42. |
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Collinsia parviflora |
Collinsia bartsiifolia |
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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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CA
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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.) |
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 66. | FNA vol. 17, p. 72. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Collinsia | Plantaginaceae > Collinsia | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | C. grandiflora var. pusilla | |||||||||||||
Name authority | Lindley: Bot. Reg. 13: plate 1082. (1827) | Bentham: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 318. (1846) — (as bartsiaefolia) | ||||||||||||
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