Species: Collomia tinctoria
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Yellow-staining Collomia is an annual with branched stems reaching up to 15 cm high. The alternate, linear leaves are 1-5 cm long with entire margins. Foliage is glandular and hairy. 2-5 short-stalked flowers are clustered in the leaf axils or where branches the diverge. The pink or lavender, tubular corolla is 8-14 mm long and flares into 5 lobes. The calyx tube is expanded where it flares into 5 triangular lobes. The 5 stamens are of different lengths and attached to the corolla tube. The fruit is a globose capsule.
Classification
Dicotyledoneae
Solanales
Polemoniaceae
Collomia
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Yellow-staining Collomia is an annual with branched stems reaching up to 15 cm high. The alternate, linear leaves are 1-5 cm long with entire margins. Foliage is glandular and hairy. 2-5 short-stalked flowers are clustered in the leaf axils or where branches the diverge. The pink or lavender, tubular corolla is 8-14 mm long and flares into 5 lobes. The calyx tube is expanded where it flares into 5 triangular lobes. The 5 stamens are of different lengths and attached to the corolla tube. The fruit is a globose capsule.