Onagraceae
Elegant clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Clarkia
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- كلاركيا اونجويكولاتا
- Bangla
- এলিগেন্ট ক্লারকিয়া
- Chinese
- 有爪仙女扇, 有爪克拉花
- Czech
- Lokanka lepá
- English
- Elegant clarkia
- Finnish
- Komeasilkkikukka
- hsb
- Mandlowa róža
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hageklarkia
- Polish
- Klarkia wytworna
- Welsh
- Clarcia
Synonyms
- Clarkia eiseneana Kellogg
- Clarkia elegans Douglas ex Lindl.
- Clarkia elegans Douglas
- Clarkia elegans var. albopura Dreer
- Oenothera elegans E.H.L.Krause
- Phaeostoma douglasii Spach
- Phaeostoma elegans A.Nelson
- Phaeostoma elegans Lilja
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 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.