Narrowleaf Blue Eyed Mary

Description

Collinsia linearis is an annual herb producing an erect stem 10 to 40 centimeters tall with narrow leaves turned under at the edges.The inflorescence is a series of nodes, each bearing 1 to 5 flowers. Each flower arises on a pedicel coated in glandular hairs. The corolla of the flower angles sharply from the calyx of sepals. It is white to purple-tinted to deep purple-blue, and sometimes bicolored. There are two upper lobes and three lower lobes, the middle lower lobe forming a pouch.