Collinsia parviflora
Blue Eyed Mary

Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Ski Hill, dry open sandy slope

Flowers:

corolla tube bent to an angle at base; corolla 4 to 8 mm, blue with a white upper lip; 4 stamens enclosed in the central lobe of the lower corolla lip, upper filaments glabrous; sepals connate below; calyx lobes acute to acuminate

Fruit:

generally 4 seeded; seeds with thickened, inrolled margins

Leaves:

opposite, more or less linear-lanceolate

Plant:

annual, 3 to 40 cm tall (usually less than 15 cm).

Habitat:

common in low to middle elevations

Distribution of species:

British Columbia to California, east to Colorado and eastern Canada

Distribution of genus:

more or less 18 species: North America