Collinsia parryi is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Parry's blue eyed Mary.[2] It is endemic to central and southern California, where it is found in the southern Coast Ranges and in the Transverse Ranges north and east of Los Angeles.
Collinsia parryi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Collinsia |
Species: | C. parryi
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Binomial name | |
Collinsia parryi |
This is an annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters tall with a spindly stem coated in fine hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped and may have dull teeth along the edges. Each flower is 4 to 10 millimeters long and is borne on a long pedicel.
The flower has lavender to purple, or occasionally white, lobes with minute hairs along the edges. The fruit is a capsule containing 8 to 12 seeds.
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ NRCS. "Collinsia parryi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
External links
edit- Media related to Collinsia parryi at Wikimedia Commons
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