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San Francisco Collinsia
Collinsia multicolor
  
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About San Francisco Collinsia (Collinsia multicolor) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Collinsia multicolor is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, known by the common names San Francisco blue-eyed Mary and San Francisco collinsia. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area, where it is known from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. As of 2008 there are 22 known occurrences. Populations south of Santa Cruz have been extirpated. The plant grows in coniferous forests and shady, moist habitats of the coastal chaparral scrub. Collinsia multicolor is an annual herb producing a delicate, slender stem 30 to 60 centimeters tall. The upper parts of the stem are hairy and sticky with glands. The oppositely arranged leaves are triangular lance-shaped with serrated edges, each pair clasping the stem where they meet. The inflorescence is a series of whorls or clusters of flowers, the lower series bearing one or two flowers and the upper bearing several in a whorl. Each flower arises on a pedicel. The corolla is between one and two centimeters long and has two white upper lobes sometimes dotted with purple and three lavender to purple lower lobes. This plant was first described by the English architect Joseph Paxton in association with John Lindley.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb

Size
Size
1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink, Purple, White, Blue

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 3 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Euphydryas chalcedona Image
Variable Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedonaEuphydryas chalcedona
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Euphydryas editha Image
Edith's Checkerspot Euphydryas edithaEuphydryas editha
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Megalographa biloba Image
Bilobed Looper Moth Megalographa bilobaMegalographa biloba

Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 15.4" - 45.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.21" - 0.55", Coldest Month: 42.6" - 51.1", Hottest Month: 63.4" - 75.9", Humidity: 0.91" - 23.61", Elevation: 22" - 1319"

Alternative Names
Common Names: San Francisco Blue Eyed Mary, San Francisco Blue-eyed Mary


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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