Onagraceae
Pinkfairies
Clarkia pulchella
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Clarkia
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- كلاركيا بولشيلا
- Chinese
- 克拉花, 仙女扇, 极美克代稀, 极美古代稀, 细叶仙女扇, 细叶山字草
- English
- Pinkfairies
- Finnish
- Sirosilkkikukka
- gv
- Clerkagh
- Polish
- Klarkia nadobna
Synonyms
- Clarkia elegans Poir.
- Clarkia integripetala S.O.Johnson
- Clarkia integripetala var. pulcherrima Anon.
- Clarkia pulchella f. pulcherrima T.Moore
- Clarkia pulchella var. integripetala J.Dix
- Clarkia pulchella var. marginata T.Moore
- Clarkia pulchella var. nana J.Carter ex J.Dix
- Clarkia pulchella var. striata J.Carter ex J.Dix
- Clarkia pulcherrima Anon.
- Godetia pulcherrima Greene
- Oenothera pulchella (Pursh) E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / CC-BY-SA-3., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Dinkum, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Pinkfairies: 克拉花屬 Clarkia pulchella [倫敦植物園 Kew Gardens, London]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/%E5%85%8B%E6%8B%89%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%AC_Clarkia_pulchella_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289200883394%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%85%8B%E6%8B%89%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%AC_Clarkia_pulchella_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289200883394%29.jpg)
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Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, 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.