Collinsia heterophylla

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Chinese Houses

Chinese Houses is a welcome annual wild flower that grows to about 1 foot tall.

It blooms from mid spring to early summer and provides a lovely display in any cottage garden or wild life garden.

Chinese Houses have bi-colored purple and white blooms that bees adore and is a good choice attracting Checkerspot Butterfly, it is a host plant host plant for its larva.

It is known to self-sow and is best to plant about 1 foot apart.

Lifeform: Annual

Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade

Water: Dry, Light, Moderate

Soil: Clay, Loam, Sand

Other: Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Drought Tolerant

 

Container

4"

Ecological Value

Special Value to Native Bees (Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees.)

Historical Uses

Used as a traditional medicinal plants by native Americans.

Distribution

Native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders.

Elevation

Between 0 and 1750 meters

Communities

Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland

Habitat

Shady places in most places except for desert.