Plantaginaceae
Purple Chinese houses
Collinsia heterophylla
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Collinsia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 二色科林花
- English
- Purple Chinese houses
- Finnish
- Kirjovariksenkukka
- Swedish
- Brokcollinsia
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James James, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.