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Collomia grandiflora

Collomia cavanillesii.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Stevensons Island, L. Wanaka.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Stevenson’s Island, Lake Wanaka.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Beside L Tekapo.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 27/12/2014, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

collomia

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White, Yellow

Similar taxa

This species has long been known in New Zealand, incorrectly, as C. biflora or C. cavanillesii, which is a different species

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Polemoniaceae

Authority

Collomia grandiflora Dougl. ex Lindl.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1878

Origin

Western North America

Other information

Etymology

collomia: From the word kolla ‘glue’ referring to the mucilage around the seeds

grandiflora: Large flowered

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

Referencing and citations

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)

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