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Clarkia rubicunda

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Clarkia rubicunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Clarkia
Species:
C. rubicunda
Binomial name
Clarkia rubicunda
(Lindl.) F.H. Lewis & M.R. Lewis

Clarkia rubicunda is a flowering plant endemic to California. It is found mostly on the Central Coast part of the state. The plant is known by the common names ruby chalice clarkia and farewell to spring.

Clarkia rubicunda bears attractive poppy-like blooms with wide, cup-shaped corollas of four pink or purplish petals. The corolla of the flower sometimes has a bright red center. As the common name suggests, it blooms in June and July.

It is similar in appearance to another flower of genus Clarkia, the Clarkia amoena, also called "farewell to spring".

References

Further reading

  • Bartholomew, B., L. C. Eaton, and P. H. Raven. (1973). Clarkia rubicunda: A Model of Plant Evolution in Semiarid Regions. Evolution, 27(3) 505–517.
Clarkia rubicunda, northern San Luis Obispo County. This is the very southern end of the range of this plant.
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