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White blue eyed Mary

Collinsia bartsiifolia

White blue eyed Mary
Photo: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0

White blue-eyed Mary is a slender annual wildflower native to central and northern California, grown for its small white to lavender flowers. It is easiest to grow from seed sown where it is to bloom, in lean, well-drained soil.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water lightly while seedlings establish, then let it rely mostly on rain or ease off as the soil dries.
Soil
Lean, well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; avoid rich, heavy soil.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; tolerates cool nights and light frost, with growth ending as summer heat and drought set in.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Collinsia bartsiifolia is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name white blue-eyed Mary.

It is endemic to California, where it is widespread in the mountain ranges and deserts and found in several habitat types.

Other Collinsia plants

Desertmountain blue eyed Mary · Child's blue eyed Mary · Chinese houses · Roundhead Chinese houses · Giant blue eyed Mary · Greene's blue eyed Mary · Purple Chinese houses · Narrowleaf blue eyed Mary · San Francisco blue eyed Mary · Parry's blue eyed Mary · Maiden blue eyed Mary · Sticky blue eyed Mary

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Collinsia bartsiifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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