Hoover's Downingia, Hoover's Calicoflower (Downingia bella)

5/22/10 Main vernal pool, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve,

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

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LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Hoover's Downingia, Hoover's Calicoflower

SPECIES: Downingia bella

FAMILY: Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/22/10

LOCATION: Main vernal pool, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Flower: corolla 10--12 mm, glabrous, lateral sinuses +- = upper, lower lip blue with central white area including 2 yellow spots generally alternate 2--3 purple spots near throat; anthers included to +- exserted, < 45° to filaments; ovary glabrous to minutely spiny-scabrous, 2-chambered, placentas axile. 

Fruit: 18--60 mm, tardily dehiscent, lateral walls tough, lines not translucent. 

Seed: with longitudinal lines. 

Ecology: Uncommon. Vernal pools; 

Elevation: < 200 m (GV), 610--655 m (PR), 1400--1600 m (WTR). 

Bioregional Distribution: GV, PR (Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside Co.), n WTR. 

Flowering Time: Mar--May 

Note: Plants in PR, WTR (fruit < 30 mm, nectar guides +- unusual) possibly distinct. 

eFlora Treatment Author: Lisa M. Schultheis