Collinsia linearis
Species of flowering plant
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Collinsia linearis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name narrowleaf blue-eyed Mary.[1]
| Collinsia linearis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Collinsia |
| Species: | C. linearis |
| Binomial name | |
| Collinsia linearis | |
It is native to the coniferous forests of the Klamath Mountains in northern California and southern Oregon sometimes on serpentine soils.[2] It has also been seen in the Sierra Nevada.
Description
Collinsia linearis is an annual herb growing up to 16 inches (41 centimetres) tall.[1]
The inflorescence is a series of nodes, each bearing 1 to 5 flowers. Each flower arises on a pedicel coated in glandular hairs. The corolla of the flower angles sharply from the calyx of sepals. It is white to purple-tinted to deep purple-blue, and sometimes bicolored. There are two upper lobes and three lower lobes, the middle lower lobe forming a pouch. Its chromosome number is n=7.[3]
Collinsia linearis grows in open coniferous forests at elevations ranging from 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft).[3]
