Common Name: Blue-eyed Mary
Scientific Name: Collinsia verna
Family: Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragons)
Blooming Period: April - June
Taken at: Portland Arch, 99

This plant is rare in Indiana - it grows in damp, open woods esp. along river banks. It has five lobes to its corolla (petals), 2 up and 3 down. The third (middle) petal is folded, and difficult to see. The upper portion of the corolla is white, the lower is a sky blue. This plant grows from 6"-18".