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Revision as of 23:34, 13 March 2021

  • Latin Name: Collinsia grandiflora
  • Family: Plantaginaceae
  • Common Names: large-flowered blue-eyed Mary, blue-lips blue-eyed Mary
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Collinsia parviflora
  • Codon: COLGRA

Taxonomy

Collinsia grandiflora
Collinsia grandiflora
Photo by Ben Legler, 2004. Featured on Main Page
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteranae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Collinsia Nutt.
Species: Collinsia grandiflora Douglas ex Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Collinsia parviflora var. grandiflora (Lindl.) Ganders & G.R. Krause

Description

Collinsia grandiflora, Scrophulariaceae , Large-flowered blue-eyed Mary, Blue-lips blue-eyed Mary, Giant blue-eyed Mary General: Annual, the stem simple or branched, erect, 0.5-5 dm. tall, minutely pubescent.

Leaves: Lower leaves opposite, petiolate, often toothed when well developed; upper leaves opposite or whorled, entire, usually glabrous, becoming sessile upward, narrowly elliptic or oblong to nearly linear.

Flowers: Flowers 1-few on short pedicels in the axils of reduced upper leaves; calyx 5-8 mm. long, 5-lobed; corolla bi-labiate, blue with white or pinkish upper lip, 9-17 mm. long, the tube abruptly bent at a right angle to the calyx, shortly pouched at the bend; stamens 4.

Fruit: Capsule opening along 4 lines.

Bloom Period

April - June

Distribution

West of the Cascade summits, British Columbia to California, and in the Columbia River Gorge.

Habitat

Ecological Setting-Open, moist to rather dry areas, low to moderate elevations in the mountains. Soil Texture-Fine to medium Nutrients-Medium nutrient requirements Soil Reaction / Salinity-No salinity tolerance Moisture Regime-Moist to drier soil not heat resistant and requires cool nights. Shade Tolerance-Part shade

Uses

Propagation

Sow seeds in both the fall and early spring for the maximum season of flowering.

FloweringTime April - June
Crop Intervals Annual
Collinsia grandiflora seeds
Photo Credit Lisa HIntz


Seed

Seed sample from: 2010

'Average measurement: 0.7 x 1.5 x 1

Measurement range: L: 0.5 - 0.9, W: 1 -1.6, D: 0.7 – 1.1

Features

Color: Seed bright red with a large, white, elliptical shaped depression on the longer face of the seed that is the hilium.

Syrface: Seeds matte and bumpy, with some wrinkling around the hilium depression.

Could be confused with: Collinsia parviflora.

Latitudinal cross section: elliptical COGR lat.png

Longitudinal cross section: irregular

Basic Explanations and Assumptions:

The dimensions for the seeds are length x width x depth. The location of the hilum is used as the base of the seed, and the length is measured from hilum to the opposite apex. Where a style is present, the length is measured from the hilum to the bottom of the style. Width is measured at a right angle to the length at the widest part. Depth is measured at a right angle to the intersection of height and width lines.

Measurements included are the mean average for each measurement of ten separate seeds.

All measurements in millimeters unless otherwise noted.

References

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