Collinsia multicolor
Lindl. & Paxton
San Francisco blue eyed mary, San Francisco collinsia
Collinsia multicolor is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
California Rare Plant Rank:
1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere)
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Plantaginaceae
(Scrophulariaceae) - Collinsia
Bloom Period
one or more occurrenceswithin a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
1.1 - weak indicator / indifferent
Northern Coastal Scrub, Closed-cone Pine Forest
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[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: Collinsia multicolor is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, known by the common names San Francisco blue eyed Mary[2] and San Francisco collinsia. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area, where it is known from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. As of 2008 there are 22 known occurrences.[3] Populations south of Santa Cruz have been extirpated.[4] The plant grows in coniferous forests and shady, moist habitats of the coastal chaparral scrub. This plant was first described by the English architect Joseph Paxton in association with John Lindley. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
