Downingia montana is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Sierra calicoflower.

This showy wildflower is native to California, where it lives in the meadows and pine forests of the high mountains.

This annual grows an erect stem, which may branch or not, with a few sparse small, pointed leaves.

Atop the stem is usually one tubular flower.

The upper lip is made up of two narrow, pointed lobes usually a shade of lavender, and the lower lip is the same color, with a central field of white and two prominent projections which may be colored yellow and dark purple.