''Downingia laeta'' is a species of flowering plant in the
bellflower family known by the common name Great Basin calicoflower. This showy wildflower is native to western North America from
California
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to
Saskatchewan
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, where it is a resident of riverbanks, ponds, and
vernal pool ecosystems. This annual grows on a thick erect stem with a few short, pointed leaves. Atop the stem is usually a single flower, which has an upper lip made up of two narrow, pointed lobes in shades of very light blue or purple, or white, and a lower lip which is a fusion of three lobes in the same color with two bright yellow spots and sometimes some purple or pink blotches or streaking.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
laeta
Laeta was the second Empress consort of Gratian of the Western Roman Empire.
Family
The only relation of Laeta mentioned by Zosimus was her mother Pissamena.Zosimus, "''Historia Nova'', Book five, 1814 translation by Green and Chaplin
Empress
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Flora of California
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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