[Blue-eyed Marys: The Genus Collinsia in Mt. Adam Country]

Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia parviflora

Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla

Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla) - Inflorescence of Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla)

The photo at left 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. The photo at right shows a close-up of the inflorescence of small-flowered blue-eyed Mary on a pile of earth in an open area at Trout Lake Creek Campground, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........June 2, 2022.

Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla) - Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla)

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-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla) - Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla)

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

Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary, Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora (Synonym: Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla)

Small-flowered blue-eyed mary blooming at Klickitat Oaks, a Columbia Land Trust property in the Klickitat River drainage.....April 27, 2023.

Paul Slichter