WorldFloraDB - Clarkia unguiculata

Characteristics

An annual plant. It grows 30-90 cm high and 15-20 cm wide. The flowers are spidery on slender red stems. These are in the axils of the upper leaves. Colours can be red, pink or blue.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 0.9

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It needs full sun and fertile, free-draining soil. The soil should be slightly acid. It is frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.

More

Dry slopes in the chaparral.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

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

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°)	21
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-