Collinsia sparsiflora var. collina

(Jepson) Newsom

Bot. Gaz. 87: 286. 1929.

Endemic
Basionym: Collinsia parviflora var. collina Jepson Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 904. 1925
Synonyms: C. solitaria Kellogg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 70. Mentioned on page 69.

Flowers: corolla 5–9 mm, angle between corolla tube-throat and caly× 30–45°. Seeds 2–2.3 (–2.5) mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Disturbed grassy fields, road banks, open chaparral, open oak and dry mixed woodlands.
Elevation: 100–1200 m.

Discussion

Plants of var. collina are diminutive in many respects compared to those of var. sparsiflora.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
long-hairy +  and glabrous +
spreading-hairy +
Michael S. Park +
(Jepson) Newsom +
0.8-0.9 times wings +
oblong +  and obovate entire or notched +
oblong +  and obovate entire or notched +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Collinsia parviflora var. collina +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
white +, lavender +  and purple +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
spreading;reflexed +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
drupe-like +
100–1200 m. +
curved +  and straight +
hairy +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 4 +
acute +  and acuminate +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Disturbed grassy fields, road banks, open chaparral, open oak and dry mixed woodlands. +
terminal +  and axillary +
hairy +  and glabrous +
white-hairy +  and glabrous +
usually linear;oblong +
persistent +  and deciduous +
deltate;ovate +
2-flowered +  and 1-flowered +
4-locular +, 1-locular +  and 2-locular +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
ascending +  and spreading +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Mar–May. +
minute +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
cinnamon red +, brown +  and reddish-brown +
flattened +  and round +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
cupshaped +  and campanulate +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
erect;ascending +
hairy +  and glabrous +
C. solitaria +
Collinsia sparsiflora var. collina +
Collinsia sparsiflora +
variety +
gibbous +  and saccate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
biennial +, perennial +  and annual +