Collinsia torreyi
Collinsia torreyi is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Torrey's blue-eyed Mary. It is native to California and adjacent sections of Oregon and Nevada, where it grows in the coniferous forests of several mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Collinsia |
| Species: | C. torreyi |
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| Collinsia torreyi | |
This is an annual herb producing a slender, reddish stem up to about 25 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a densely glandular array of flowers arising on pedicels. The corolla is no more than a centimeter long and two white or lavender-tinted upper lobes and three darker lavender to purple lower lobes.
There are several varieties:
- C. t. var. brevicarinata - known from the Sierra Nevada and San Gabriel Mountains of California
- C. t. var. latifolia - known from northern California and southern Oregon
- C. t. var. torreyi - known from California and western Nevada
- C. t. var. wrightii (syn. Collinsia wrightii), limited to California and western Nevada
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