Taxon Details
Downingia willamettensis
Cascade downingia
View Report Copy Link Calflora eFlora CCH CalPhotos iNaturalist
|
Taxon Summary:
Downingia willamettensis, commonly known as Cascade downingia, is a annual herb in the Campanulaceae that is found in California and elsewhere. It occurs within Cismontane woodland (lake margins), Valley and foothill grassland (lake margins), and Vernal pools, growing at elevations from 15 to 1110 meters. Downingia willamettensis is ranked 2B.2, Plants Rare, Threatened, or Endangered in California, But More Common Elsewhere; Moderately threatened in California.|
Scientific Name: Downingia willamettensis M. Peck |
||
|
Common Name: Cascade downingia |
||
| Family: | Campanulaceae | |
| Element Code: | PDCAM060E0 | |
| USDA Plants Symbol: | DOWI | |
|
Synonyms/Other Names: |
||
| Name Status: |
JEF, FNA, POWO, IPNI, Tropicos |
|
| CA Rare Plant Rank: | 2B.2 |
| Fed List: | None |
| State List: | None |
| Global Rank: | G4 |
|
State Rank: |
S2 |
| Other Status: | |
|
CRPR Changes: added to 2B.2 on 2018-09-20 |
|
| Add Date: | 2018-09-20 |
| Date Edited: | 2021-06-03 |
| Lifeform: annual herb | ||||||||||||||
Blooming Period: Jun-Jul(Sep)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Elevation:
15 - 1110 meters 50 - 3640 feet |
||||||||||||||
General Habitats:
|
||||||||||||||
| Microhabitat Details: | ||||||||||||||
|
Microhabitat:
|
||||||||||||||
|
Notes: May be morphologically indistinguishable from D. pulcherrima and D. yina, but distinct based on geography, cytology, and DNA. Previously assigned to D. yina, which does not occur in CA; plants previously considered D. yina in CA are either D. pulcherrima or D. willamettensis. See Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 47(34): 187-188 (1934) for original description, and Madroño 57(1): 20-41 (2010) for taxonomic treatment. |
|
|
Threats: |
|
|
Taxonomy: |
|
| Threat List Total: | 0 | |
| Total EOs | % of EOs | |
| EOs with Threat Listed: | 0 | % |
| THREAT LIST: | ||
|---|---|---|
|
|
||
| Total Occurrences: | 8 | ||||
| Element Occurrence Ranks: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | X | U |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Occurrence Status: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical >20 Years | 8 | ||||
| Recent <=20 Years | 0 | ||||
| Presence: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presumed Extant | 8 | ||||
| Possibly Extirpated | 0 | ||||
| Presumed Extirpated | 0 | ||||
| California Endemic: | |||||||||||||
| California Island: | |||||||||||||
|
States: Name (Code) California (CA), Oregon (OR), Washington (WA) |
|||||||||||||
|
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code) Del Norte (DNT), Humboldt (HUM), Lake (LAK), Mendocino (MEN) |
|||||||||||||
|
Quads: Name (Quad Code) Fortuna (4012452), Hiouchi (4112471), Hydesville (4012451), Jamison Ridge (3912362), Potato Hill (3912237), Whispering Pines (3812276) |
|||||||||||||
Notes:
|
|||||||||||||
Presumed Extant
Click on quad for name. Hold Shift Key to use mouse scroll wheel