PLANT PAGE
<< Plant List
>> Slideshow
Learn More
Calflora Taxon Rpt
Friends of Edgewood Guide
Jepson eFlora
Calphotos
Evening Primrose Family
Other
Switch Plants
Also Found At
Edgewood Preserve
Forum Pollinator Garden
Rancho San Antonio OSP
Ring Mountain Plant List for Docent Training
Ring Mountain Serpentine Grassland Plants
SF Peninsula Mixed Evergreen Forest Habitat
Taxa with ID Tips
Almaden Quicksilver CP (NRDB.org)
Alpine Dam to Kent Lake Pump Road
Alum Rock RP (NRDB.org)
Andrew Molera SP (NRDB.org)
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Austin Creek
Azalea Hill and Southern Carson Ridge
Baldy Mountain
Bidwell Park in Chico
Big Rock to Loma Alta Hill Summit
Blithedale Summit
Bohemia Ecological Preserve
Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve (NRDB.org)
Calero CP (NRDB.org)
Carrizo Plain
China Camp State Park (CNPS)
Chino Hills State Park
Coal Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Coal Mine Ridge OS (NRDB.org)
Cold Canyon
Coleman Valley
Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch CP (NRDB.org)
Coyote Valley OSP (NRDB.org)
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Deer Island
Deer Park
Devil's Gulch
Easter Bowl (NRDB.org)
El Corte de Madera Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarnine Research Reserve
Fairfield-Osborn Preserve (NRDB.org)
Foothills Park
Fort Ord BLM (NRDB.org)
Fort Ross SHP (NRDB.org)
Fremont Older
Fremont Peak SP (NRDB.org)
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (NPS)
Henry Coe State Park
Hidden Villa
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area
Hood Mountain RP & OSP (NRDB.org)
Indian Valley
Jasper Ridge
Jenner Headlands
Joseph D. Grant CP (NRDB.org)
King Mountain
Knoxville Wildlife Area (NRDB.org)
Lake De Sabla
Lake Lagunitas
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Leo Carrillo SP
Little Mountain
Loma Alta
Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
Lucas Valley
MacKerricher State Park
Malibu Creek State Park
Marin County Complete List (CNPS)
Marin Municipal Water District
McLaughlin Reserve (NRDB.org)
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
Mitteldorf Preserve (NRDB.org)
Modini Mayacamas Preserve
Monte Bello OSP (NRDB.org)
Mount Burdell
Mount Diablo SP (NRDB.org)
Mount Madonna CP (NRDB.org)
Mount Tamalpais SP (NRDB.org)
Old Stage Road
Olompali State Historic Park
PCT - Cedar Spring to SR74
Peninsula Watershed (NRDB.org)
Pinnacles National Park
Plumas Eureka State Park
Point Lobos SNR (NRDB.org)
Pulgas Ridge
Rancho Canada del Oro OSP (NRDB.org)
Ring Mountain
Rock Spring
Roy's Redwoods
Rush Creek
Russian Ridge
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
San Jacinto Mtns - Apple Canyon Road
San Jacinto Mtns - May Valley Road
San Jacinto Mtns - Quinn Flat
San Jacinto Mtns - The Hub
San Jacinto Mtns - Upper Elevations
San Jacinto Mtns - Vista Grande Road
San Pedro Mountain
Santa Teresa CP (NRDB.org)
Sierra Azul OSP (NRDB.org)
Sierra Vista OSP
Skyline Ridge OSP (NRDB.org)
Soulejule Reservoir
Sugarloaf Ridge SP (NRDB.org)
Table Mountain
Terra Linda/Sleepy Hollow
Tomales Bay State Park
Topanga State Park
Toro CP (NRDB.org)
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve
Verissimo Hills
Windy Hill OSP (NRDB.org)
Yosemite National Park
User Comments (2)
Email corrections
Contributors and Copyright
Four-Spot Clarkia (Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera)
Login
Flower
Pink
Violet
4 Petals
Alternate
Typical Height
Annual
Native
Description
Height 1 - 3 ft.
EW Bloom Apr - Jul
Four petals open wide on this showy spring wildflower.
Each flower has 8 pale stamens and a dark, 4-parted
stigma
.
Common in open, grassy places.
CA native
AKA Purple Clarkia, Purple Godetia, Clarkia, Winecup Clarkia
Evening Primrose Family (Onagraceae)
Sometimes called Winecup Clarkia, petals can be a deep purple.
Also called Four-Spot, petals often have a dark spot on or near their tips.
Leaves are
alternate
, narrow and often hairy. Seed capsules are long and narrow.
Photo Gallery (54 ) click any picture to enlarge