© A Humble Thing · CC BY-NC
iNaturalist — CC, credited & licensed per image
Pictured: Downingia concolor — the species. This variety isn’t separately illustrated.
Campanulaceae family
Maroonspot Calicoflower (var. concolor) Downingia concolor var. concolor variety
Native
Maroonspot Calicoflower (var. concolor) is an annual wildflower native to the lower 48 states.
More about this plant
Downingia concolor is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names maroonspot calicoflower and fringed downingia. This showy wildflower is endemic to California, where it is a resident of ponds and vernal pool ecosystems in the northern part of the state. Wikipedia →
Growing & care
USDA PLANTS · TRY Conditions
Sources · Conditions
Cold hardiness (derived) — Hardiness
- Hardiness
- ≥ zone 11 derived from its U.S. range
Size & form
Sources · Size & form
USDA PLANTS — Lifespan
- Lifespan
- Annual
In the garden
Herb layer — Sits in the herb of a layered food forest or polyculture.Open guide →
derived roles
Species characteristics from USDA PLANTS (public domain) + TRY (CC BY) — general guidance, not a
guarantee for your exact site. Deer "browsing" is documented palatability, not a deer-proof claim.
Related plants
More Downingia →
Native
Bach's Calicoflower
Downingia bacigalupii
●○○○○ 
Native
Cascade Calicoflower
Downingia yina
●○○○○ 
Native
Doublehorn Calicoflower
Downingia bicornuta
●○○○○ 
Native
Dwarf Calicoflower
Downingia pusilla
●○○○○ 
Native
Elegant Calicoflower
Downingia elegans
●○○○○ 
Native
Flatface Calicoflower
Downingia pulchella
●○○○○ Same genus / family, ranked by ecological value — from the PlantKey catalog
Sources for this entry (10) Open & cited
[01] Scientific name & family — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[02] Growth habit & duration — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[03] Native status & distribution — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[04] Common name — USDA PLANTS (via GBIF)
[05] Invasive / introduced status — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — native status
[06] Description — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
[07] Ecological value — GloBI
[08] Conservation rank — NatureServe Explorer (CC BY)
[09] Cold hardiness (derived) — Derived from U.S. range × USDA PHZM zones
Spot an error or have a better photo? Every field links to its source, and the whole dataset is open.
Cite this page Open data, please attribute
PlantKey’s data is open under CC BY-SA 4.0 — free to reuse and adapt, with attribution and the same licence. Photos keep their own per-image licence + credit (see Sources above).
Citation
Loading…
BibTeX
Loading…