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Collinsia grandiflora
Also called Large Flower Blue Eyed Mary, Large Flowered Blue Eyed Mary
Giant blue eyed Mary is a small, erect annual wildflower from western North America, grown for its large purple and white flowers. It thrives in cool, moist woodland conditions and is best sown directly in place.
Collinsia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names giant blue eyed Mary and large-flowered collinsia. This wildflower is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California where it grows in coniferous understory and woodland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Collinsia grandiflora 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.
