''Clarkia davyi'' is a species of flowering plant in the
evening primrose family known by the common name Davy's fairyfan, or Davy's clarkia. It is
endemic
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to
California
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, where it grows in coastal habitats such as beaches and bluffs. This is an annual herb producing a thin stem which grows along the ground or somewhat upright. It is lined with small oval-shaped leaves one or two centimeters long. While in bud the flower is enclosed in four fused thick
sepal
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coine ...
s. It blooms into a petite bowl-shaped corolla of four pink petals which often have lighter bases. Each petal is 5 to 11 millimeters long.
References
External links
Jepson Manual ProfilePhoto gallery
davyi
Endemic flora of California
Plants described in 1907
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