Pogogyne douglasii

Douglas' beardstyle, Douglas' Beardstyle

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: annual · Native

Douglas' beardstyle is a California native annual found in northern coastal ranges, northern interior Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, Central Valley, and central western California in vernal pools and swales at elevations below 900 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces lavender flowers with yellow spots on the lower lip, arranged in inflorescences 1 to 3 centimeters wide. Growing with robust, erect stems up to 45 centimeters tall, it has a distinctive appearance in seasonal wetland habitats. Its flowers feature a calyx tube 2 to 4 millimeters long with upper lobes 2 to 5 millimeters and lower lobes 3 to 8 millimeters, creating an intricate floral structure. The plant's corolla reaches 9 to 20 millimeters long, with a hairy style that extends 2 to 6 millimeters below its stigma lobes.

Habitat: Vernal pools, swales

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: < 900 m

Bioregions: NCoRO, NCoRI, SNF, GV, CW.

California counties: Mendocino, Mariposa, Sutter, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Colusa, Butte, Solano, Contra Costa, Lake, Tulare, Placer, Napa, Humboldt, Sonoma, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Alameda, Kern, Merced, Santa Barbara, Calaveras, Fresno, Sacramento, Yolo, Stanislaus, Tehama, Glenn, Monterey, San Diego

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.