Onagraceae

Fairy fans

Clarkia breweri (A.Gray) Greene

Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Clarkia

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Fairy fans (Clarkia breweri) — FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

arz: كلاركيا بريويرى
English: Fairy fans
German: Feenfächer-Clarkie

Synonyms

Clarkia saxeana Greene
Eucharidium breweri A.Gray
Oenothera eucharidium H.Lév.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 307 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alex Heyman, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.