Elegant Downingia

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Calicoflowers are a strictly West Coast genus (Downingia) of flowering plants, where thirteen different species are known to grow with blue, purple and white shaded petals.

The Elegant Calicoflower or Elegant Downingia (Downingia elegans) is a fairly common plant from British Columbia, south to the Northern California region.

It grows low to the ground, often as part of a large community of plants, in wetlands areas.

The top picture shows the flower enlarged by a factor of three in order to highlight its details.

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