Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Clarkia affinis is a species of wildflower known as chaparral clarkia. It is endemic to California, where it grows mainly on chaparral slopes and woodlands in the Coast Ranges. This is a spindly plant producing erect stems exceeding half a meter in height and sparse narrow leaves. The flower is a bowl-shaped bloom with four pink or red petals each 5 to 15 millimeters long. The petals may have darker spots near the base and purple or red speckling.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Pink, Purple, Red

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Aetole extraneella

Mariposa Forester

Alypia mariposa

Clark's Day Sphinx Moth

Proserpinus clarkiae