species 7,913 observations
Ruby Chalice Clarkia
Clarkia rubicunda
Field notes
Clarkia rubicunda is a flowering plant endemic to California. It is found mostly on the Central Coast part of the state. The plant is known by the common names Ruby Chalice Clarkia and Farewell to Spring.
Clarkia rubicunda bears attractive poppy-like blooms with wide, cup-shaped corollas of four pink or purplish petals. The corolla of the flower sometimes has a bright red center. As the common name suggests, it blooms in June and July.
It is similar in appearance to another flower of genus Clarkia, the Clarkia amoena, also called "Farewell to Spring".
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
White-lined Sphinx, Ridings' Forester
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Clarkia Evening Bee, Diadasia angusticeps, Andrena lewisorum
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Ornate Checkered Beetle, Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle, Acmaeodera connexa, Western Calligrapher
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Tripartite Sweat Bee, Woodland Skipper, Variable Checkerspot, California Bumble Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun
- Water use
- Medium
- Plant type
- Annual Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.