Plantaginaceae
Maiden blue eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Collinsia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 小叶锦龙花
- English
- Maiden blue eyed Mary
- nv
- Azeeʼ yishtłʼish
- Swedish
- Dvärgcollinsia
Synonyms
- Collinsia diehlii M.E.Jones
- Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla A.Gray
- Collinsia minima Nutt.
- Collinsia parviflora f. rosea F.A.Warren
- Collinsia parviflora var. diehlii (M.E.Jones) Pennell
- Collinsia parviflora var. minima (Nutt.) M.E.Jones
- Collinsia parviflora var. parviflora
- Collinsia parviflora var. simplex Farw.
- Collinsia pauciflora Hook.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Collinsia
- Desertmountain blue eyed MaryCollinsia callosaPlantaginaceae
- Parry's blue eyed MaryCollinsia parryiPlantaginaceae
- White blue eyed MaryCollinsia bartsiifoliaPlantaginaceae
- Child's blue eyed MaryCollinsia childiiPlantaginaceae
- Chinese housesCollinsia concolorPlantaginaceae
- Purple Chinese housesCollinsia heterophyllaPlantaginaceae
- Narrowleaf blue eyed MaryCollinsia linearisPlantaginaceae
- San Francisco blue eyed MaryCollinsia multicolorPlantaginaceae
- Spinster's blue eyed MaryCollinsia sparsifloraPlantaginaceae
- Sticky Chinese housesCollinsia tinctoriaPlantaginaceae
- Torrey's blue eyed MaryCollinsia torreyiPlantaginaceae
- Spring blue eyed MaryCollinsia vernaPlantaginaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms 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.