Collinsia verna |
Collinsia violacea |
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spring blue eyed Mary |
violet blue-eyed Mary, violet collinsia |
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Habit | Annuals 10–30 cm. | Annuals 10–35(–60) cm. |
Stems | erect to ascending. |
erect to ascending. |
Leaf | blades ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, base cuneate to subcordate, margins shallowly and coarsely serrate. |
blades oblong to lanceolate, margins entire or weakly serrate. |
Inflorescences | ± glandular, scaly-hairy; nodes 1–6(–8)-flowered; flowers not crowded proximally, often crowded distally; distalmost bracts linear, 5–6(+) 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 reflexed, usually longer than calyx, visible, glandular abaxially, glabrate adaxially. |
ascending to reflexed, usually longer than calyx, visible, glandular abaxially and adaxially. |
Flowers | calyx lobes deltate, surpassing capsule, apex acute to acuminate; corolla blue, banner white to pale lilac, base yellow with small maroon spots, wings and keel bluish, 8–15 mm, keel sparsely glandular; banner length (0.7–)0.8–1 times wings, lobe base without folds; wings widely obovate, notched less than 0.1 times whole length; throat angled to tube, longer than diam., pouch arched, slightly expanded; stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous or sparsely hairy at base, adaxials 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. |
without red blotches. |
Seeds | 2–4, oblong to oval, 2–3 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. |
6–12, oblong to oval, 1–1.5 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Collinsia verna |
Collinsia violacea |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Moist woodlands. | Sandy or rocky soils, dry open areas, woodlands. |
Elevation | 80–1000 m. (300–3300 ft.) | 10–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MI; MO; NY; OH; OK; PA; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON
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AR; IL; KS; MO; OK; TX
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 65. | FNA vol. 17, p. 65. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Collinsia | Plantaginaceae > Collinsia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. bicolor | |
Name authority | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 190, plate 9. (1817) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 179. (1835) |
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