Clarkia bottae

Punchbowl godetia, Punchbowl Godetia

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Punchbowl godetia is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada foothills, central Coast Ranges, southern California coastal areas, and western Transverse Ranges in openings of chaparral, woodland, and coastal scrub at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces delicate fan-shaped petals in pale lavender to pink-lavender, often white toward the base and marked with red flecks. Growing with erect stems up to one meter tall and appearing smooth or slightly powdery blue-green, it develops narrowly lanceolate leaves 3 to 10 centimeters long. Its distinctive flowers feature bowl-shaped corollas with petals 15 to 30 millimeters long and eight stamens, with outer anthers lavender and inner anthers paler. The mature seeds are brown, completing the plant's annual lifecycle.

Habitat: Openings in chaparral, woodland, coastal scrub

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: s SNF, CCo, SCoRO, SCo, WTR, SnGb, nw PR.

California counties: Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Diego, Mariposa, Fresno, Kern, Santa Clara, San Benito, Alameda, Del Norte

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