Burke: Clarkia mildrediae vs. Clarkia pulchella

	Clarkia mildrediae	Clarkia pulchella
		deer horn, pinkfairies, ragged robin
Habit		Annual, the stem 1-5 dm. tall, simple or freely-branched, covered with fine, appressed hairs.
Leaves		Leaves alternate, sessile, linear-lanceolate to spatulate, entire to denticulate, 2-7 cm. long and 2-10 mm. broad.
Flowers		Flower in a few short racemes, slightly irregular; buds nodding, calyx tube 1-3 mm. long, the 4 lobes fused and turned to one side; petals lavender to rose-purple, 3-lobed, the middle lobe the widest, the base narrowed to a slender claw with a pair of opposite, blunt teeth near the base; fertile stamens 4, vestigial stamens 4; style 4-parted, stigmas 4, oval-oblong, 1-3 mm. long, white; ovary inferior, 4-celled.
Fruits		Capsule 4-celled, 2 cm. long, straight or curved.

	Clarkia mildrediae	Clarkia pulchella
Flowering time		May-June
Habitat		Dry, open slopes, low to middle elevations.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to South Dakota. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	C. amoena, C. gracilis, C. pulchella, C. quadrivulnera, C. rhomboidea, C. viminea	C. amoena, C. gracilis, C. quadrivulnera, C. rhomboidea, C. viminea
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Clarkia mildrediae

Clarkia pulchella

deer horn, pinkfairies, ragged robin

Habit

Annual, the stem 1-5 dm. tall, simple or freely-branched, covered with fine, appressed hairs.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, sessile, linear-lanceolate to spatulate, entire to denticulate, 2-7 cm. long and 2-10 mm. broad.

Flowers

Flower in a few short racemes, slightly irregular;

buds nodding, calyx tube 1-3 mm. long, the 4 lobes fused and turned to one side;

petals lavender to rose-purple, 3-lobed, the middle lobe the widest, the base narrowed to a slender claw with a pair of opposite, blunt teeth near the base;

fertile stamens 4, vestigial stamens 4;

style 4-parted, stigmas 4, oval-oblong, 1-3 mm. long, white;

ovary inferior, 4-celled.

Fruits

Capsule 4-celled, 2 cm. long, straight or curved.