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 at left 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.The photo at center 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 at right 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.

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.

Showy downingia as seen in flat, vernal pools and channels west of Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Klickitat County, Washington..........July 17, 2024.