Collinsia parviflora
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Collinsia parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae (previously Scrophulariaceae) known by the common names maiden blue eyed Mary and small-flowered collinsia.
This tiny wildflower is a common plant throughout much of western and northern North America, where it grows in moist, shady mountain forests.{{cite web | url= http://www.wildflowersearch.com/search?&PlantName=Collinsia+parviflora | last= Sullivan | first= Steven. K. | date= 2018 | title= Collinsia parviflora | website= Wildflower Search | accessdate= 2019-01-04 }}{{PLANTS |symbol = COPA3 |taxon = Collinsia parviflora |accessdate = 2019-01-04}}
Description
Collinsia parviflora is an annual plant with a spindly reddish stem and narrow lance-shaped green leaves with edges that curl under.
The minuscule flowers grow singly or in loose clusters of several flowers. Each flower has five lobes, the lower deep blue to purple and the upper white. The whole corolla is only a few millimeters across.{{cite web | url= http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Collinsia%20parviflora | editor-last= Klinkenberg | editor-first= Brian | date= 2017 | title= Collinsia parviflora | website= E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. | publisher= Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver | accessdate= 2019-01-04}}{{cite web | url= http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Collinsia%20parviflora | editor-last= Giblin | editor-first= David | date= 2018 | title= Collinsia parviflora | website= WTU Herbarium Image Collection | publisher= Burke Museum, University of Washington | accessdate= 2019-01-04}}{{cite web | url= http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=Collinsia%20parviflora | date= 2018 | title= Collinsia parviflora | website= in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora | publisher= Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley | accessdate= 2019-01-04}}
The fruit is a small capsule.
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|File:Shasta_Collinsia_parviflora_052724.jpg|Collinsia parviflora near Mt. Shasta, California
|File:Shasta_Collinsia_parviflora_052724_f29.jpg|Collinsia parviflora near Mt. Shasta, California
|Collinsia parviflora 3683.JPG|Collinsia parviflora near The Dalles, Oregon
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Genetics
Mutants of this species show magenta and white flowers, instead of the typical blue, which is cause by epistasis.{{Cite book |title=Introduction to genetic analysis |date=2012 |publisher=Freeman [u.a.] |isbn=978-1-4292-2943-2 |editor-last=Griffiths |editor-first=Anthony J. F. |edition=10 |location=New York, NY |editor-last2=Wessler |editor-first2=Susan R.}} The leaves may show purple spots, depending on another mutation.{{Cite thesis |last=Krause |first=Gerda Rosa |title=Genetic studies in populations of Collinsia parviflora Dougl. ex Lindl. (Scrophulariaceae) |date=1978 |publisher=University of British Columbia |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0094252}}{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=Anthony J. F. |last2=Ganders |first2=Fred R. |title=Wildflower Genetics: Purple Spotted Leaves in Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) |url=https://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/Thegeneticsofblue-eyedMary.html}}
References
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External links
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- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7269,7283 Jepson Manual Treatment of Collinsia parviflora]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Collinsia+parviflora Collinsia parviflora U.C. Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States