Collinsia parviflora |
Collinsia callosa |
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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 |
desert collinsia, desert mountain blue-eyed Mary, largefruit blue-eyed Mary |
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Habit | Annuals 3–40 cm. | Annuals 4–25 cm, fleshy. |
Stems | erect to ascending. |
erect to ascending. |
Leaf | blades ± linear-lanceolate, obovate, or narrowly elliptic, margins subentire. |
blades oblong to ovate, length usually less than 6 times width, base of distals clasping, margins usually entire. |
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. |
glandular; nodes 1–3-flowered; flowers not crowded; distalmost bracts ovate, 2–3 mm. |
Pedicels | ascending to reflexed, longer than calyx, visible. |
ascending to spreading, 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. |
calyx campanulate to urceolate, lobes narrowly deltate to lanceolate, equal to capsule, apex subacute to rounded; corolla lavender-blue, rarely pink, lobe base white, keel tip purple, 7–9 mm; banner length 0.8–1 times wings, lobe base without folds; stamens: filaments glabrous, adaxials rarely sparsely hairy, basal spur 0(or 1). |
Seeds | (3 or)4, oblong, 2–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. |
6–8, oblong to hourglass-shaped, 1.8–2.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. |
2n | = 14, 28, 42. |
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Collinsia parviflora |
Collinsia callosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Forests, grasslands, meadows, eroded banks, bedrock depressions, scree slopes, shrublands, shaded shorelines. | Disturbed, rocky slopes, open chaparral, sagebrush scrub, pinyon/juniper or pine woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–3500 m. (0–11500 ft.) | 1000–2300 m. (3300–7500 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.) |
Collinsia callosa occurs primarily on the eastern sides of the southernmost Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and southern Sierra Nevada. A report of this species from Nye County, Nevada (J. T. Kartesz 1987) has not been verified by the author. (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 |
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Synonyms | C. grandiflora var. pusilla | |
Name authority | Lindley: Bot. Reg. 13: plate 1082. (1827) | Parish: Erythea 7: 96. (1899) |
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