PLANTS Profile for Downingia pusilla (dwarf calicoflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.
dwarf calicoflower

Symbol:

DOPU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Campanulaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, CA, Solano Co., Jepson Prairie Preserve. April 18, 1990. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.

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Synonyms:
Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.

DOHU3

Downingia humilis (Greene) Greene

Distribution:
Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.

View 27 genera in Campanulaceae, 13 species in Downingia

Classification:
Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Campanulales
Family	Campanulaceae – Bellflower family
Genus	Downingia Torr. – calicoflower
Species	Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr. – dwarf calicoflower

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Downingia pusilla (G. Don) Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34563.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 04:15 PM CDT