Clarkia pulchella Pursh

Pinkfairies (en), Godétie élégante (fr), Clarkia élégant (fr), Clarkia joli (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Onagraceae > Clarkia

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 30-45 cm high and spreads 30 cm wide. It is a compact plant. The flowers are frilly and funnel shaped. They are bright pink. They can have bright pink or purple veins.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moderately dry sites, often where the soil is disturbed, from valleys and foothills to 1,800 metres in the mountains.
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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses dye environmental use
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Clarkia pulchella flower picture by Linda Lawliss (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Clarkia pulchella world distribution map, present in Canada, Myanmar, Pakistan, Slovakia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59746-2
WFO ID wfo-0000608569
COL ID VRMS
BDTFX ID 18159
INPN ID 91833
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Clarkia pulchella Oenothera pulchella Clarkia elegans