Clarkia purpurea subsp. quadrivulnera

Four-spot, Four-Spot

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Four-spot clarkia is a California native annual found in the California Floristic Province in open, grassy or shrubby places at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces lavender to purple or dark wine-red flowers with distinctive purple spots near the middle or toward the flower's edges, typically 10 millimeters long. Growing with generally erect stems, it develops slender, narrow plants reaching modest heights. Its leaves are linear to lance-shaped, 1.5 to 5 centimeters long and tapered to a sharp point. The flower's unique color pattern and delicate structure make it a charming addition to California's wildflower landscapes.

Habitat: Common. Open, grassy or shrubby places

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: CA-FP.

California counties: Calaveras, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Kern, Ventura, San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Lake, Amador, Orange, Tulare, Fresno, Mariposa, Trinity, Butte, Tuolumne, Santa Clara, Monterey, El Dorado, San Francisco, Siskiyou, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Santa Barbara, Glenn, Tehama, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, San Benito, Madera, Nevada, Humboldt, San Joaquin, Plumas, Shasta, Sutter, San Mateo, Yolo, Contra Costa, Marin, Solano, Alameda, Placer, Yuba, Colusa, Alpine, Del Norte, Lassen, Merced, Sacramento, Sierra, Modoc

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