Collinsia parviflora explained

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.

This tiny wildflower is a common plant throughout much of western and northern North America, where it grows in moist, shady mountain forests.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The fruit is a small capsule.

External links

• • Jepson Manual Treatment of Collinsia parviflora
• Collinsia parviflora U.C. Photo gallery

Notes and References

1. Web site: Collinsia parviflora . Sullivan . Steven. K. . 2018 . Wildflower Search . 2019-01-04 .
2. Web site: Collinsia parviflora . Klinkenberg . Brian . 2017 . 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 . 2019-01-04.
3. Web site: Collinsia parviflora . Giblin . David . 2018 . WTU Herbarium Image Collection . Burke Museum, University of Washington . 2019-01-04.
4. Web site: Collinsia parviflora . 2018 . in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora . Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley . 2019-01-04.