Calflora: Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla

Collinsia heterophylla Buist ex Graham var. heterophylla

purple Chinese houses

Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders.

Communities:	Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, (many plant communities)
Habitat:	slopes [Walker]
Elevation:	between 0 and 5000 feet
Family:	PLANTAGINACEAE (PLANTS: SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Collinsia found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Collinsia heterophylla.

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Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Contra Costa: 1 / 0 CCH Fresno: 3 / 3 CCH Kern: 1 / 0 CCH Los Angeles: 1 / 1 CCH Madera: 1 / 1 CCH Monterey: 5 / 3 CCH Mariposa: 1 / 0 CCH Orange: 1 / 0 CCH Riverside: 8 / 5 CCH Santa Barbara: 2 / 2 CCH San Bernardino: 2 / 2 CCH San Benito: 1 / 0 CCH Santa Clara: 1 / 1 CCH San Diego: 12 / 10 CCH San Luis Obispo: 1 / 1 CCH Tulare: 2 / 1 CCH Ventura: 4 / 0 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (COHEH)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database