Downingia bicornuta A.Gray is a plant in the Campanulaceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Downingia bicornuta A.Gray

Downingia bicornuta A.Gray

Downingia bicornuta A.Gray is an annual flowering plant with distinct colored lobed blue-purple flowers and a long dehiscent capsule fruit.

Family
Genus
Downingia
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Downingia bicornuta A.Gray

Downingia bicornuta A.Gray is an annual plant that grows a branching, erect stem, with small leaves spaced at intervals along the stem. One or more flowers grow at the tip of each stem branch, and each flower measures between one and two centimeters wide. This flower has two long, narrow, pointed upper lobes that can be blue or purple. The three lower lobes are fused together to form a single three-lobed surface, which is also blue or purple, with two bright yellow blotches edged in white at its center. Knobby projections from the sepals surround the mouth of the flower tube. Its fruit is a dehiscent capsule that is three to seven centimeters long.

Photo: (c) Gerry Carr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gerry Carr · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Campanulaceae Downingia

More from Campanulaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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