Collinsia parviflora
Collinsia parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae (previously Scrophulariaceae) known by the common names maiden blue eyed Mary and small-flowered collinsia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Collinsia |
| Species: | C. parviflora |
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This tiny wildflower is a common plant throughout much of western and northern North America, where it grows in moist, shady mountain forests.[1][2]
Description
Collinsia parviflora is an annual plant with a spindly reddish stem and narrow lance-shaped green leaves with edges that curl under.
The minuscule flowers grow singly or in loose clusters of several flowers. Each flower has five lobes, the lower deep blue to purple and the upper white. The whole corolla is only a few millimeters across.[3][4][5]
The fruit is a small capsule.
References
- Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Collinsia parviflora". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- "Collinsia parviflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- Klinkenberg, Brian (Editor) (2017). "Collinsia parviflora". E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2019-01-04.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Giblin, David (Editor) (2018). "Collinsia parviflora". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2019-01-04.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- "Collinsia parviflora". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
External links
Media related to Collinsia parviflora at Wikimedia Commons- Jepson Manual Treatment of Collinsia parviflora
- Collinsia parviflora U.C. Photo gallery
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