Blooms: March-July
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.

Distribution: Widely distributed throughout Washington; Alaska south to California and Colorado, east to Ontario and Michigan.
Habitat: Lowlands to alpine meadows in vernally (springtime) moist areas.

Species Description:

General: Herbaceous annual with single or branched stems growing to height of 5-40 cm. Plants often found growing in masses.
Leaves: Opposite, mostly glabrous and entire-margined; leaves sometimes whorled near top of plant; up to 5 cm. long and about 1 cm. wide. Stems and flower pedicels often have short hairs that are sometimes glandular.
Flowers: 4-7 mm. long, bilabiate (two-lipped) with blue lower lip and white to whitish pink upper lip; lower half of corolla tube fused and abruptly bent near base forming a small sac on upper side of corolla base.
Fruits: Ellipse-shaped capsule up to 5 mm. long and typically shorter than the sepals.

Distinguishing Characteristics: Base of corolla is bent at obligue angle. In C. grandiflora the corolla is bent at right angle.

Notes: May hybridize with C. grandiflora.

Collinsia parviflora Lindl.

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Collinsia parviflora specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Collinsia parviflora specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Collinsia parviflora treatment.

E-Flora BC: Collinsia parviflora atlas page.

CalPhotos: Collinsia parviflora images.

USDA Plants Database: Collinsia parviflora.