Clarkia rubicunda

Farewell to spring

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Farewell to spring is a California native annual found in coastal bioregions including Central Coast and San Francisco Bay Area in openings within woodland, forest, and chaparral at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from May to August, this delicate plant produces rosy-pink to lavender flowers with a distinctive red spot or zone at the base, each petal 10 to 30 millimeters long and fan-shaped or obovate. Growing 10 to 150 centimeters tall with decumbent to erect stems that are softly puberulent, the plant has a graceful, open structure. Its leaves are lanceolate to elliptic, measuring 1 to 4 centimeters long with petioles less than 1 centimeter in length. The flower's unique bowl-shaped corolla and symmetrical arrangement of eight stamens make it a charming addition to coastal California landscapes.

Habitat: Openings in woodland, forest, chaparral near coast

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: CCo, SnFrB.

California counties: Alameda, San Mateo, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Humboldt, Lake, San Benito, Sonoma

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