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Definition of Collinsia bicolor
1. Noun. White and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Collinsia, Genus Collinsia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collinsia Bicolor
Literary usage of Collinsia bicolor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Collinsia bicolor. Canadensis, Linn. Height 2-4 ft. : Ivs. 4-9 in. long, ...
Collinsia bicolor, var. alba (XX). COLLOMIA. This genus is included by Gray in ..."
2. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1843)
"Collinsia bicolor. Pink and white. Gilia tricolor alba. White. Gilia tricolor.
White and purple. ..."
3. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"Collinsia bicolor ; pretty spike of blue, white, and yellowish flowers ; nine
inches to a ... Of the former we have the Dwarf Larkspur Collinsia bicolor, ..."