Collomia grandiflora
Common name
collomia
Family
Polemoniaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
COLGRA
Conservation status
Not applicable
Similar taxa
This species has long been known in New Zealand, incorrectly, as C. biflora or C. cavanillesii, which is a different species
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Year naturalised
1878
Origin
Western North America
Etymology
collomia: From the word kolla ‘glue’ referring to the mucilage around the seeds
grandiflora: Large flowered
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: Ogle, C. (Year at time of access): Collomia grandiflora Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/collomia-grandiflora/ (Date website was queried)