Collinsia verna
J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 190, plate 9. 1817.
Annuals 10–30 cm. Stems erect to ascending. Leaf blades ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, base cuneate to subcordate, margins shallowly and coarsely serrate. Inflorescences ± glandular, scaly-hairy; nodes 1–6(–8)-flowered; flowers not crowded proximally, often crowded distally; distalmost bracts linear, 5–6(+) mm. Pedicels ascending to reflexed, usually longer than calyx, visible, glandular abaxially, glabrate adaxially. Flowers: calyx lobes deltate, surpassing capsule, ape× acute to acuminate; corolla blue, banner white to pale lilac, base yellow with small maroon spots, wings and keel bluish, 8–15 mm, keel sparsely glandular; banner length (0.7–)0.8–1 times wings, lobe base without folds; wings widely obovate, notched less than 0.1 times whole length; throat angled to tube, longer than diam., pouch arched, slightly expanded; stamens: abaxial filaments glabrous or sparsely hairy at base, adaxials hairy, basal spur 0. Capsules without red blotches. Seeds 2–4, oblong to oval, 2–3 mm, margins thickened, inrolled. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Moist woodlands.
Elevation: 80–1000 m.
Distribution
Ont., Ark., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Mich., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
None.