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Collomia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names grand collomia and large-flowered mountain trumpet. This annual herb is native to western North America. It is also cultivated as an ornamental. The plant produces an erect, hairy or fuzzy stem which may be red to green in color. Arranged at wide intervals along the stem are long, lance-shaped leaves, the lowermost sometimes toothed along the edges. Atop the stem is an flower cluster of several flowers in white to yellow or orange. Each tubular, flat-faced flower is 2 or 3 centimeters wide with 5 curving, light-colored petals and stamens tipped with anthers which bear blue pollen. The fruit is a capsule containing sticky seeds.

Plant type

Annual herb

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Color

Yellow, White, Orange, Blue

Sun

Full Sun

Ease of care

Moderate

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7*, 8, 9*, 10*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*

Site type

Open places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 14 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Andrena hamulata

Cactus Mason Bee

Ashmeadiella cactorum

Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee

Bombus mixtus

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii