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Elegant Clarkia, Canyon Clarkia
Scientific Name:
Clarkia unguiculata
Family:
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
Blooms:
Apr - Jun
Color:
Red-Pink
Annual herb
Native, endemic to California
Found throughout Mitchell Canyon, elegant clarkia, along with other members of the evening primrose family has 4 petals and exhibits ovaries that occur well beow the flower on the stem.
Mike Woodring
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