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Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna)
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Native
Family:
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort)
Height: 0.5 to 1.5 ft.
Blooms: April to
June
Leaf Type:
lobed
Bloom Size: 0.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Regular blooms, 4 parts
Location: Youghiogheny River Trail
Date: 5/10/2009
Notes:
The combination of two white and two blue petals is distinctive.
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Blue-Eyed Mary may be
easily confused with:
- Common Blue Violet
Violets have 5 petals, while blue-eyed Mary has 4.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
