staining collomia

Collomia tinctoria Kellogg

Collomia tinctoria, known as staining collomia, is a flowering plant in the Polemoniaceae family. It is native to the western United States, including Washington, Montana, and California. This annual herb grows in open, rocky mountain habitats. It has a slender, branched stem up to 8 cm tall, with glandular, hairy, lance-shaped leaves. The inflorescence consists of two to three flowers in the leaf axils, each with pointed, awn-tipped sepals and a purplish tube with a pinkish corolla.

Description

Collomia tinctoria is a member of the Polemoniaceae family and is found in the western U.S., from Washington to California. It is an annual herb that grows in rocky, open mountainous areas. The plant has a slender, branched stem reaching up to 8 cm in height. Its leaves are lance-shaped and covered in glandular hairs. The flowers appear in the leaf axils, with two to three per inflorescence. Each flower has pointed sepals with awns and a corolla with a pinkish hue on a purplish tube.