purple chinese houses

Collinsia heterophylla

Member of blue-eyed marys (genus Collinsia)
plantain family (family Plantaginaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
purple in flowering plants

This species has subspecies or variants that don't seem worth distinguishing.

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• corolla lips ± =
• corolla throat as wide as long [figure]
• upper lip white to lavender or tipped dark violet, wine-spotted and generally ± purple lined near base
• lower lip ± white to rose-purple, lowest lobe generally with darker red tip
• leaf lance-deltate, toothed, glabrous abaxially (at most ciliate on midvein)

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Chris’s observations: 31 (20 are research grade)

Locations:

• Henry Coe SP: 10
• Castle Rock SP: 3
• Sunol Wilderness RP: 3
• Calero CP: 2
• Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP: 2
• Santa Teresa CP: 2
• Sierra Azul OSP: 2
• Stevens Creek CP: 2
• Almaden Quicksilver CP
• Coal Creek OSP
• Joseph D. Grant CP
• Mt. Madonna SP
• Skyline Ridge OSP

Months:

• Apr.: 10
• May: 15
• Jun.: 6

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora