Collinsia grandiflora
- Scientific Name: Collinsia grandiflora
- Family: Plantaginaceae
- Common Names: large-flowered blue-eyed Mary, blue-lips blue-eyed Mary
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Collinsia parviflora
- Codon: COLGRA
Contents
Taxonomy
| 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 | |
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Description
Annual, erect herb with axillary blue to pinkish flowers, up to 50 cm tall.[2] Stem simple to branched, sparsely pubescent.[2] Leaves opposite, lower leaves long-petiolate, often toothed, upper leaves linear, sessile.[3] Flowers zygomorphic, pedicelate, 9-17 mm;[4] calyx 5-lobed, subequal; corolla bilabiate, tube bent at right angle to calyx, 2 upper lobes, 3 lower lobes; stamens 4, didynamous; stigma capitate,[5] ovary 2-carpellate, superior,[6] becoming a 4-sutured capsule.[2]
Bloom Period
April - June[2]
Distribution
West of the Cascade crest, British Columbia to California and in the Columbia River Gorge.[2]
Habitat
Low to mid elevation open areas, moist or dry.[2]
Propagation
Sow seeds in both the fall and early spring for the maximum season of flowering.[7]
| FloweringTime | April - June |
| Crop Intervals | Annual |
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 
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.
Photo Gallery
Photo by Rod Gilbert
Photo by Ben Legler
Seedling, courtesy CNLM
References
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=33530
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Collinsia%20grandiflora
- ↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, S. (2016). Vascular Plants of the South Sound Prairies. p. 108.
- ↑ Flora of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Collinsia_grandiflora
- ↑ Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 455.
- ↑ Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 252.
- ↑ Native Plants of North America. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Collinsia%20grandiflora
