Collomia tracyi

Tracy's collomia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Tracy's collomia is a California native annual found in the Klamath Ranges and northern North Coast Ranges in rocky, gravelly, or sandy areas at elevations of 30 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from June to September, this delicate plant produces white to lavender flowers 12 to 22 millimeters long in small clusters of two to three blooms. Growing with slender erect stems 2 to 8 centimeters tall, the plant has multiple nearly equal branches spreading at gentle angles and stems covered in long translucent glandular hairs. Its lower stems bear narrow linear to lanceolate leaves that are entire and glandular, creating a delicate, sparse foliage structure. The plant produces distinctive blue pollen and forms seeds with one seed per chamber.

Habitat: Rocky, gravelly, or sandy areas

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 30-2100 m

Bioregions: KR, n NCoRH.

California counties: Trinity, Siskiyou, Modoc, Humboldt, Plumas, Shasta, Mendocino, Tehama, Glenn, Del Norte, Lassen

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.