Collinsia childii

Parry e× A. Gray in A. Gray et al.

Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 257. 1878.

Common names: Child’s blue-eyed Mary
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 70. Mentioned on page 64.

Annuals 8–35 cm, not fleshy. Stems erect to ascending. Leaf-blades oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, length usually less than 6 times width, base of distals tapered, margins entire or serrulate. Inflorescences densely glandular; nodes 2–5-flowered; flowers not crowded; distalmost bracts linear, 2–3 (+) mm. Pedicels spreading to ascending, longer than calyx, visible. Flowers: caly× campanulate, lobes lanceolate, surpassing capsule, ape× subacute to rounded; corolla whitish or pale lavender, banner base with central field of purple spots, 6–9 (–11) mm, glabrate; banner length 0.9–1 times wings, lobe base without folds; stamens: filaments glabrous, basal spur 0. Seeds 2, ovate to oval, 2–3 mm, margins thickened, inrolled.


Phenology: Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul.
Habitat: Shaded slopes, mixed oak-conifer woodlands.
Elevation: 1000–2200 m.

Discussion

Collinsia childii occurs principally on shaded, rocky soil. It is most common in the Sierra Nevada and Transverse ranges in the interior of southern California. There are also isolated populations in the South Coast Ranges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Collinsia childii"
Michael S. Park +
Parry e× A. Gray in A. Gray et al. +
0.9-1 times wings +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
tapered +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
Child’s blue-eyed Mary +
pale lavender +  and whitish +
spreading;reflexed +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
drupe-like +
1000–2200 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Shaded slopes, mixed oak-conifer woodlands. +
terminal +  and axillary +
white-hairy +  and glabrous +
oblong;lanceolate or oblanceolate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
rounded;lanceolate +
serrulate +  and entire +
2-5-flowered +
4-locular +, 1-locular +  and 2-locular +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
spreading +  and ascending +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering (Apr–)May–Jul. +
Syn. Fl. N. Amer. +
minute +
cinnamon red +, brown +  and reddish-brown +
ovate +  and oval +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
cupshaped +  and campanulate +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
erect;ascending +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Collinsia childii +
Collinsia +
species +
gibbous +  and saccate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
biennial +, perennial +  and annual +