Clarkia gracilis

Clarkia

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Clarkia is a California native annual herb found in diverse habitats across California at elevations ranging from low to moderate terrain. Flowering from spring to summer, this plant produces delicate pink-lavender flowers with a bowl-shaped corolla, often lighter toward the base and occasionally featuring a subtle red spot near the middle or base of the petals. Growing with erect stems up to 90 centimeters tall and displaying minimal to dense hair coverage, it has a slender, elegant form. Its leaves are narrow and elongated, measuring 2 to 7 centimeters long, with linear to narrowly lanceolate blades and petioles less than one centimeter in length. The fruit develops as a slender pod 2.5 to 5 centimeters long, typically wider at its distal end with a delicate beak less than 10 millimeters long.

California counties: Sierra, Yolo, Butte, Marin, Shasta, Trinity, Modoc, Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Colusa, Del Norte, Plumas, Nevada, Tehama, Mendocino, Lake, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Napa, Yuba, Sutter, Glenn, Amador

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