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Downingia pulchella
Also called Valley calicoflower
Downingia pulchella is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names flatface calicoflower and valley calicoflower. This showy, annual wildflower is endemic to California, where it is a resident of vernal pools and other wet places in the central part of the state from the Tehachapi Mountains to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Bach's calicoflower · Hoover's calicoflower · Doublehorn calicoflower · Maroonspot calicoflower · Toothed calicoflower · Elegant calicoflower · Harlequin calicoflower · Great Basin calicoflower · Sierra calicoflower · Folded calicoflower · Dwarf calicoflower · Cascade calicoflower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Downingia pulchella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
