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blue-eyed marys

genus Collinsia

Member of plantain family (family Plantaginaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

Except for extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.


Caution: IDs unsure

Blue-eyed marys have 5 corolla lobes: 2 forming the upper lip, 3 forming the lower lip with the center of those forming a keel beneath enclosing the stamens and style.

Key features:

flower whorls dense
proximal pedicels < calyx

purple chinese houses
Collinsia heterophylla
white blue-eyed mary
Collinsia bartsiifolia

Caution: ID unsure

round-headed chinese houses
Collinsia corymbosa
tincture plant
Collinsia tinctoria

flowers loosely whorled or not whorled
proximal pedicels > calyx

san francisco collinsia
Collinsia multicolor
small-flowered blue-eyed mary
Collinsia parviflora

4 observed taxons / 3 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 48 (25 are research grade)

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Taxon info: iNaturalistCalfloraJepson eFloraFNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalistCalflora