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Collinsia tinctoria
Also called Tincture Plant
Sticky Chinese houses (Collinsia tinctoria) is a California wildflower, an annual herb of the Plantaginaceae family grown from seed in woodland and forest settings. It thrives in cool, moist conditions and is typically sown directly where it is to bloom.
Collinsia tinctoria is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae known by the common names sticky Chinese houses and tincture plant.
It is endemic to California, where it grows in the woodlands and forests of the mountain ranges of the central and northern regions of the state.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Collinsia tinctoria 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.
