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Family = Campanulaceae, Genus = Downingia, Species = elegans, including synonyms,

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Downingia elegans   (elegant calicoflower, common downingia)  
(= Downingia elegans in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Annual herbs from fibrous roots, the stems erect or ascending, simple or branched, 1-5 dm. tall, the herbage glabrous throughout.
Distribution: Chiefly east of the Cascades in Washington, though known from scattered locations west of the Cascades crest; British Columbia south to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
Habitat: Vernal pools, wet meadows, margins of ponds.



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