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

Maiden Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia parviflora

Synonyms: Antirrhinum tenellum, Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla, Collinsia tenella

Maiden Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonyms: Antirrhinum tenellum, Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla, Collinsia tenella) - Maiden Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonyms: Antirrhinum tenellum, Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla, Collinsia tenella)

Small-flowered blue-eyed mary as seen at left along the Lewis River Trail #31 on the banks of the Lewis River about one mile downstream from Bolt Camp Shelter, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........May 3, 2015. The photo at right shows small-flowered blue-eyed Mary blooming along the Pacific Crest Trail near Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 28, 2021.

Maiden Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonyms: Antirrhinum tenellum, Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla, Collinsia tenella)

Small-flowered blue-eyed mary blooming along the Little Naches River Road, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.......June 9, 2019.

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

The photo above shows a close-up of small-flowered blue-eyed mary as seen at about 2870' along road K6000 on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........May 29, 2006.

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

The photo above shows a close-up of the flowers and upper stem leaves of small-flowered blue-eyed mary as seen along Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake NWR.........April 25, 2008. Note how the corolla tube is bent at nearly a right angle to the calyx.

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

These photos shows small-flowered blue-eyed mary as seen along FS Rd 82 on Mt. Adams at an approximate elevation of 2550'.........May 7, 2005.

Paul Slichter