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Clarkia pulchella
Also called Elkhorns Clarkia, Large Flowered Clarkia, Pink Fairies, Large Flower Clarkia, Deerhorn Clarkia, Elkhorn Clarkia, Ragged Robin
Pinkfairies is a native North American wildflower, an annual in most gardens, with lavender to pink four-lobed flowers on erect, branched stems. It is easy to grow from seed in sunny, well-drained spots.
Clarkia pulchella, also known as pinkfairies, ragged robin, and deerhorn clarkia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae.
Clarkia pulchella is found in the Pacific Northwest mainly east of the Cascade Range in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, the southern margin of British Columbia and the extreme west of Montana. Occurring over a wide range of elevations, it is most common from 610–1,520 m (2,000–5,000 ft). Its habitat is often forest, rocky, grassland or disturbed.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clarkia pulchella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
