[Blue-eyed Marys: The Genus Collinsia in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

The photo at left shows the inflorescence of narrowleaf blue-eyed Mary as seen along Coyote Creek Road to the north of Grants Pass, OR.......June 25, 2005. Note the numerous gland-tiped hairs on the stems, pedicels and calyx. The photo at right shows nearrowleaf blue-eyed Mary atop Grizzly Peak, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 27, 2021.

These 2 photos show close-ups of the flowers of narrowleaf blue-eyed Mary as seen along Coyote Creek Road to the north of Grants Pass, OR.........June 25, 2005. This species difers from the similar Rattan's blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia rattanii) in that its corolla tends to be longer than 8-12 mm with the corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. In addition, the corolla tube is strongly bent to the side from the axis of the calyx with a prominent pouch. Rattan's blue-eyed Mary tends to measure less than 8 mm in length, is less than twice the length of the calyx, with the tube barely angled from the axis of the calyx.

This photo shows the narrow, paired stem leaves of narrowleaf blue-eyed Mary as seen along Coyote Creek Road to the north of Grants Pass, OR.......June 25, 2005.