Collinsia heterophylla

Annuals 10–50 cm. Stems erect to ascending. Leaf blades lanceolate-deltate, margins serrate. Inflorescences glabrous or hairy, ± glandular; whorls 2–7 on main axis; nodes 2–7-flowered; flowers crowded; distalmost bracts linear to lanceolate, 5–6 mm. Pedicels ascending to spreading, shorter than calyx, not or scarcely visible. Flowers: caly× lobes linear to ovate, equal to capsule, ape× subacute to acute; corolla red-purple, rarely white, banner white to lavender or tipped dark violet, maroon spots near center and forming horizontal lines near base, wings whitish to rose purple, keel usually with darker red tip, 10–20 mm, usually glabrous; tube hairy inside, as wide as long, saccate basally, adaxial pouch prominent and ± square; banner length 0.6–0.9 times wings, lobe base without folds; stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous, adaxials hairy, basal spur 1. Seeds 6–12, ovate, 1.5–2 mm, margins slightly thickened, inrolled. 2n = 14.

Collinsia Heterophylla

Collinsia heterophylla

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