Plantaginaceae
Spring blue eyed Mary
Collinsia verna
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Collinsia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 锦龙花
- English
- Spring blue eyed Mary
Synonyms
- Collinsia alba Raf.
- Collinsia bicolor Raf.
- Collinsia tricolor Raf.
- Linaria tenella F.Dietr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wayne National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ForestWander, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ForestWander, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leslie Seaton from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ForestWander, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bpluke01, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Collinsia
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- Maiden blue eyed MaryCollinsia parvifloraPlantaginaceae
- 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
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.