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Collinsia heterophylla
Also called Chinese Houses, Innocence, Purple Innocence
Purple Chinese houses is a low annual wildflower native to California and northern Baja California, grown for its tiered, pagoda-like flower spikes. It is easiest to grow from seed sown directly in cool weather, in partial shade.
Collinsia heterophylla, known as purple Chinese houses or innocence, is a flowering plant native to California and the Peninsular Ranges in northern Baja California.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Collinsia heterophylla 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.
