''Collinsia parviflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...

(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.

Description

''Collinsia parviflora'' is an

annual plant An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. The length of growing seasons and period in which they take place vary according to geographical ...

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. The fruit is a small capsule.

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Jepson Manual Treatment of ''Collinsia parviflora''''Collinsia parviflora'' U.C. Photo gallery
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5147437 parviflora Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the North-Central United States Flora of Western Canada Flora without expected TNC conservation status