Collinsia sparsiflora Calflora

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Taxon Report

Collinsia sparsiflora Fisch. & C. A. Mey.

Few flowered collinsia, Spinster's blue eyed mary

2005 Norman Jensen

2007 George W. Hartwell

2015 Aaron Schusteff

2015 John Doyen

Collinsia sparsiflora is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1010 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. arvensis ... var. bruceae ... var. collina ... var. sparsiflora
Genus:	Collinsia
Family:	Plantaginaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Ultramafic affinity: 1.7 - weak indicator

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Coastal Prairie, Valley Grassland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

More information about Collinsia sparsiflora


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (COSP) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/26/2022).