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Collinsia sparsiflora var. collina
Photo is of parent taxon

hillside collinsia, spinster's blue eyed Mary
Flowers

corolla 5–9 mm, angle between corolla tube-throat and calyx 30–45°.
Seeds

2–2.3(–2.5) mm.
2n

= 14.

Collinsia sparsiflora var. collina
Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Disturbed grassy fields, road banks, open chaparral, open oak and dry mixed woodlands.
Elevation 100–1200 m. (300–3900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Plants of var. collina are diminutive in many respects compared to those of var. sparsiflora.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 70.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Collinsia > Collinsia sparsiflora
Sibling taxa
C. sparsiflora var. sparsiflora
Synonyms C. parviflora var. collina, C. solitaria
Name authority (Jepson) Newsom: Bot. Gaz. 87: 286. (1929)
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