Pronunciation: kol-IN-see-a het-er-oh-FIL-a
Common name: Chinese houses
Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain)
Habitat: Common in shaded places, many cismontane
plant communities below 2500'
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Collinsia
2) heterophylla
Two vars. (austromontana and heterophylla) in SoCal