Downingia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Downingia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Downingia (after Andrew Jackson Downing, famous American pomologist and landscape gardener). Campanulaceae; or Lobeliaceae when this family is kept distinct. Low herbs, much branched, sometimes grown as garden annuals; flowers blue with white or yellow markings or blotches. Leaves alternate, entire, passing above into bracts: fls. in the axils of the lvs. or upper sessile bracts; corolla 2-lipped, the upper lobes much narrower than the 3 lower ones; tube of stamens free from the corolla: seeds numerous, small, oblong to spindle-shaped, in a very long linear caps, that bears at its apex the leafy linear calyx-lobes and is dehiscent lengthwise by 1-3 valves or fissures.—Six to 8 species, mostly in Calif. (1 in Chile), usually in moist places and margins of spring pools, sometimes in salty marshes or in mountains. Rafinesque's name Bolelia (anagram of Lobelia) is older, but is discarded by the list of "nomina conservanda" of the the Vienna code. The plants are little known in American gardens. They are easily grown annuals, and are said to make interesting pot-plants. The species are often not well distinguished, and some of them may be color forms. The plants grow about 6 in. high, and have been recommended for edgings. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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