Clarkia williamsonii
Fort Miller clarkia
Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native
Fort Miller clarkia is a California native annual found in northern and central Sierra Nevada, southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, and Tehachapi regions in foothill woodland and yellow-pine forest at elevations of 400 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from April to September, this plant produces lavender flowers with white centers and distinctive purple spots, typically 10 to 30 millimeters wide in a delicate fan shape. Growing up to one meter tall with erect stems covered in fine soft hairs, it features narrow linear to lanceolate leaves measuring 2 to 7 centimeters long. Its leaves have short petioles up to 10 millimeters long, with an open inflorescence bearing erect flower buds. The flower hypanthium ranges 7 to 13 millimeters long, with unique bowl-shaped petals that occasionally appear in a uniform wine-red color.
Habitat: Foothill woodland, yellow-pine forest
Bloom period: Apr-Sep
Elevation: 400-2000 m
Bioregions: n&c SN, s SNF, Teh.
California counties: Tuolumne, Mariposa, Amador, Madera, El Dorado, Placer, Fresno, Tulare, Calaveras, Butte, Nevada, San Joaquin, Shasta, Kern, Stanislaus, Alameda, Santa Barbara, Riverside, Sacramento
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.