Carried by 1 nurseries
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Collinsia parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae 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. Collinsia parviflora is an annual plant 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. 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.
Annual herb
1 - 12 in Tall
Upright
Fast
Blue, Red
Spring
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 2 likely
Edith's Checkerspot
Euphydryas editha
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Bilobed Looper Moth
Megalographa biloba