Genus
Collomia (Trumpets)
Collomia tinctoria. Photo: (c) Tom Hilton, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Collomia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. Species in the genus are known generally as trumpets, mountain trumpets, or trumpet flowers. They are native to North America and southern South America. The genus name comes from the Greek kolla (“glue”), a reference to the seeds, which become gelatinous in texture when wet.
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