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Campanulaceae
Downingia bicornuta
Downingia bicornuta
Also known as Bolelia bicornuta, Downingia sikota, Downingia bicornuta var. picta
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wildflower · Native · Vernal Pool · California · Pacific Northwest · Campanulaceae · Wetland · Rare · Blue Flower
Downingia bicornuta is a delicate wildflower native to vernal pools and wet meadows of the Pacific Northwest, requiring consistently moist to wet soil to thrive. Plant in part shade with regular watering to mimic its natural seasonal pool habitat. It is best suited to native plant gardens or naturalized wet areas rather than typical home containers.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8.2
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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