Torrey's Blue-eyed Mary

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Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Plant description

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. 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.

Plant overview

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 10 in Tall

Color

Red

Natural setting

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Wildlife supported

Bees

Caterpillars

Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

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Common names:

Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary

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Butterflies and moths supported

Variable Checkerspot

Edith's Checkerspot

Bilobed Looper Moth