Spring Blue Eyed Mary

(Collinsia verna)

galery

Description

Collinsia verna, blue-eyed Mary is a winter annual that is native to the eastern and central parts of North America but has become endangered in the states New York and Tennessee. The flowers are bicolored white and blue. It is a plant of valley bottoms and moist bottom slopes, in areas with moderate lighting and requires some shade.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Plantaginaceae
Genus:Collinsia
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