Common Downingia, Elegant Calicoflower, Elegant Downingia, Showy Downingia
Downingia elegans
Synonyms: Downingia elegans var. brachypetala, Downingia elegans var. corymbosa, Downingia elegans var. elegans
The photo above shows a close-up frontal view
of the flower of showy downingia as seen along Kreps Lane at Conboy NWR.........July
2, 2006. Note the thick, incurved anther tube with several minute hairs at its
tip.
The photo above shows a close-up sideview of the flower of showy downingia as seen at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge..........June 9, 2007. Note the long, incurved anther tube exserted from the corolla and the long, inferior ovary behind the flower.
The photo above shows a close-up sideview of
the flower of showy downingia as seen along Kreps Lane at Conboy NWR.........July
2, 2006. Note the thick, incurved anther tube exserted from the corolla.
A prostrate, leafy stem and inflorescence of showy downingia as seen in flat, vernal pools in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Klickitat County, Washington..........July 12, 2011.
Paul Slichter