Collinsia verna

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Overview

Extirpated

Common Names

Description

Family Scrophulariaceae

Herbs, sometimes shrubs , rarely trees ; mostly autotrophic, less often hemiparasitic or parasitic. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, opposite, whorled , or basally opposite and apically alternate, simple or sometimes pinnately dissected . Inflorescences racemes , spikes, or thyrsoid panicles, determinate or indeterminate, or flowers solitary. Flowers perfect , usually zygomorphic, rarely actinomorphic . Calyx often persistent , (2-) 4- or 5-lobed or -parted, variously connate . Corolla sympetalous ; limb (3 or) 4- or 5-lobed, often 2-lipped. Stamens mostly 4, didynamous , sometimes 1 or 2 staminodes present, less often 2 or 5 stamens; anther locules 1 or 2, equal or subequal , free or confluent . Nectary often present at base of ovary, ringlike, cupular, or reduced to a gland . Ovary superior, 2-loculed, rarely apically 1-loculed; ovules numerous , rarely 2 per locule, on axile placentas, anatropous or hemitropous . Style simple; stigma capitate, 2-lobed, or 2-lamellate. Fruit a capsule, septicidal , loculicidal, or septifragal, sometimes opening by pores or irregularly dehiscent , rarely a berry. Seeds minute or rarely conspicuous , sometimes winged ; testa often reticulate ; hilum lateral or ventral; endosperm fleshy or absent; embryo straight or curved .

About 220 genera and 4500 species: cosmopolitan ; 61 genera (seven endemic) and 681 species (415 endemic) throughout China but with a greater concentration in SW China.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Collinsia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 66 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. alba · C. barbata · C. bartsiaefolia var. alba · C. bartsiaefolia var. davidsonii · C. bartsiaefolia var. hirsuta · C. bartsiaefolia var. stricta · C. bartsiaefolia var. typica · C. bicolor var. austromontana · C. bicolor var. concolor · C. bicolor var. multicolor · C. bicolor var. typica · C. breviflora · C. brucae · C. cahonis · C. californica · C. corymbosa (Round-Headed Chinese Houses) · C. davidsonii · C. diehlii · C. divaricata · C. floribunda · C. glandulosa · C. grandiflora var. nana · C. grandiflora var. typica · C. greenii · C. greenii 'Mystic Lilac' · C. hernandezii · C. heterophylla (Purple-And-White Blue-Eye Mary) · C. heterophylla var. austromontana (Purple Chinese Houses) · C. hirsuta · C. inconspicua · C. minima · C. monticola · C. multiflora · C. parviflora (Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary) · C. parviflora f. rosea · C. parviflora var. collina · C. parviflora var. diehlii · C. parviflora var. minima · C. parviflora var. simplex · C. parviflora var. sparsiflora · C. pauciflora · C. purpurea · C. rattanii rattanii (Sticky Blue Eyed Mary) · C. rattanii subsp. glandulosa (Sticky Blue Eyed Mary) · C. rattani glandulosa · C. rattani var. linearis · C. rattani var. typica · C. septemnervia · C. sparsiflora var. arvensis (Spinster's Blue Eyed Mary) · C. sparsiflora var. brucae · C. sparsiflora var. collina (Spinster's Blue Eyed Mary) · C. sparsiflora var. franciscana · C. sparsiflora var. solitaria · C. sparsiflora var. typica · C. tinctoria var. stricta · C. torreyi var. brachysiphon · C. torreyi var. brevicarinata (Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary) · C. torreyi var. latifolia (Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary) · C. torreyi var. linearis · C. torreyi var. rattanii · C. torreyi var. typica · C. torreyi var. wrightii (Wright's Blue Eyed Mary) · C. tricolor · C. verna (Spring Blue Eyed Mary) · C. violacea (Violet Blue Eyed Mary) · C. violacea f. pallida

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 20, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 20, 2007:

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2655887
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-33524
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13747538
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:801656-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 33524
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSCR0H0J0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: COVE2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 31903

Footnotes

1. Deyuan Hong, Hanbi Yang, Cun-li Jin, Manfred A. Fischer, Noel H. Holmgren & Robert R. Mill "Scrophulariaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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