The colors below indicate the kind of documentation available for this species
in the California counties where it occurs.
Cascade Downingia Downingia yina (Campanulaceae)
This is one of California's showiest native wildflowers. The yellow, white, and purple color combination of the lower petals serve as a landing platform for bees and other pollinators. The corolla consists of two narrow ascending petals and three fused petals below. Look carefully at the landing platform and you will see the notches and pleats marking the sites of petal fusion.
DISTRIBUTION: Boggy places near lakes, ponds, vernal pools, and mt. meadows in the Klamath and Cascade Ranges; < 1650 m.
