General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Mauve
Orange
Pink
White
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 60-65F
Depth to plant seed: 1/8 inch
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Space 12 inches apart.
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Mountain Garland
  • Elegant Clarkia
  • Clarkia
  • Garland Flower
  • Elegant Fairyfan
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Clarkia unguiculata
  • Synonym: Clarkia elegans

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Location: Laguna Springs Parkway, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2014-5-11
Beautiful CA natives growing along the parkway

Date: 2011-07-18

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-24
Location: Laguna Springs Parkway, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2014-5-11
Beautiful flowers lighting up the parkway
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2019-05-06
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-19

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location:  Bronx NY
Date: 2017-06-04
Looks like a cucumber!
Location: Denver, Colorado
Date: 7/10/11
Location: In my front yard in Holladay, UT
Date: Summer
Clarkia unguiculata
Location: In my front yard in Holladay, UT
Date: Summer
Clarkia unguiculata

Photo Credit: NPS
Location: Lenore, ID
Date: 12-20-2014
Location: Elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) Pinnacles National Park Bear Gulch Trail
Date: 2010-06-14
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Uploaded by Anderwood
Uploaded by Anderwood
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2013-02-07
Location: In my front yard in Holladay, UT
Date: Summer
Closeup of foliage for Clarkia unguiculata
Location: In my front yard in Holladay, UT
Date: Summer
Clarkia unguiculata
Uploaded by Natalie
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lovesblooms On March 6, 2016 Seeds sown
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