Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to Oregon and Nevada, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
Habitat: Shifting talus slopes at high elevations in the mountains.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Flies, moths
Loose-mat-forming perennial from a deep taproot, with numerous sprawling stems often several dm. long.
Leaves alternate, crowded, short-petiolate, the blade up to 3 cm. long and 13 mm. wide, entire to lobed.
Flowers usually sessile in small, leafy-bracteate clusters at the ends of the stems; corolla tubular-funnelform, 1.5-3.5 mm. long, blue or lavender to pink or white, the tube much longer than the 5 lobes; calyx 5-lobed, the tube of uniform papery texture; stamens 5, equally inserted in the corolla tube well below the sinuses; style 3-parted; ovary superior.
Capsule with 3, 1-seeded carpels.
Publication: Pittonia 1(3): 127. 1887.
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var. debilis – alpine collomia
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington central Idaho and western Montana.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Collomia debilis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Collomia debilis checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Collomia debilis information.
E-Flora BC: Collomia debilis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Collomia debilis photos.
USDA Plants: Collomia debilis information.
