[Blue-eyed Marys: The Genus Collinsia in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary, Rattan's Collinsia, Sticky Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia rattanii

Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii

Flower of Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii - Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary, Rattan's Collinsia, Sticky Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii)

The photo at left shows a close-up of the flower and upper stem leaves of Rattan's blue-eyed mary as seen in the upper Klickitat River Canyon about 10 miles southeast of Glenwood, WA........May 3, 2008. Note that the corolla tube is roughly parallel to the calyx tube. The photo at right shows Rattan's blue-eyed Mary in oakwoodlands above the Klickitat River near Klickitat, WA......April 29, 2021.

Sideview of the calyx and corolla of Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii) - Frontal view of the corolla lobes of Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii) - Sideview of the calyx and corolla of Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii)

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii) - Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii)

Close-ups of the calyx and corolla, inflorescence, and whole plant of Rattan's blue-eyed mary as seen in the Labyrinth, mid-Columbia River Gorge..........April 15, 2010.

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii - Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary, Rattan's Collinsia, Sticky Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii)

The photo at left shows Rattan's blue-eyed Mary as seen in Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area in western Klickitat County.......April 23, 2009. Note the long, narrow leaves of this species. The photo at right shows Rattan's blue-eyed Mary as seen in Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area in western Klickitat County......May 17, 2017.

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary, Rattan's Collinsia, Sticky Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii) - Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary, Rattan's Collinsia, Sticky Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii)

Rattan's blue-eyed Mary observed along the Weldon Wagon Road several miles east of Husum, WA......April 19, 2018.

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii) - Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii)

Rattan's blue-eyed Mary as seen near the South Klickitat Breaks Road in the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area in western Klickitat County.......May 17, 2014.

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary, Rattan's Collinsia, Sticky Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii) - Flower of Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary, Rattan's Collinsia, Sticky Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii (Synonyms: Collinsia rattanii ssp. glandulosa, Collinsia rattanii ssp. rattanii)

Rattan's blue-eyed Mary blooming at left in oak forest on slopes above the Klickitat River about one mile north of Klickitat, WA.....April 29, 2022. The photo at right shows Rattan's blue-eyed Mary blooming along the Weldon Wagon Trail, several miles east of Husum, WA.....May 4, 2022.
Paul Slichter