Species
Collomia tinctoria (Staining collomia)
Collomia tinctoria. Photo: (c) Tom Hilton, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Collomia tinctoria is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name staining collomia. It is native to the western United States from Washington to Montana to California, where it grows in open, rocky habitat in mountains. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branched stem no taller than about 8 centimeters. The glandular, hairy leaves are lance-shaped. The inflorescence is composed of two or three flowers emerging from the…
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