Day 242: The flowers of Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) are not easy to spot, but they are worth a closer look when you find them. The tubular corolla is bent at an angle to the stem and terminates in four lobes, the upper two white or pale blue and the lower two a cheerful sky-blue. The foliage consists of slender, opposite leaves on the lower portion of the stem, but often appears in a whorl on the upper part. Flowers emerge at the tips and at leaf axils. Shown here in a Penny Perspective, Blue-Eyed Mary is a tiny treasure waiting to brighten your next hike...if you can find her.
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