Farewell To Spring, Clarkia amoena

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Clarkia amoena (Farewell to Spring or Godetia; syn. Godetia amoena) is a flowering plant native to western North America, found in coastal hills and mountains from British Columbia south to the San Francisco Bay Area. The common name derives from its bloom time of late spring to summer. It is an annual plant growing to 1 meter tall, with slender, linear leaves 2-7 centimeter long and 2-6 millimeter broad. The flowers are pink to pale purple, with four broad petals 1.5-6 centimeter long. The fruit is a dry capsule, which splits open when mature to release the numerous seeds.

Plant Description

Plant Type

Annual herb

Size

1.5 - 3.3 ft tall

Growth Rate

Fast

Flower Color

Lavender, Pink, Purple, Red

Flowering Season

Spring, Summer

Wildlife Supported

Bees, butterflies
Butterfly gardens

Butterflies & moths hosted ( 5 likely * ) SHOW ALL

White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Pacific Green Sphinx Moth Proserpinus lucidusProserpinus lucidus

Clark's Day Sphinx Moth Proserpinus clarkiaeProserpinus clarkiae

Mariposa Forester Alypia mariposaAlypia mariposa

Aetole extraneellaAetole extraneella

Landscaping Information

Sun

Full Sun

Moisture

Low

Summer Irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Nurseries

Carried by 24

Ease of Care

Moderately Easy

Soil Drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil Description

Tolerates both sandy and clay soils. Tolerates Saline Soil,Tolerates Sodic Soil. Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0

Common uses

Deer Resistant, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Companion Plants

Mixes well with other annuals, especially blues such as Lupinus species, Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii), Globe Gilia (Gilia capitata); Yellows/oranges/golds such as Tidy Tips (Layia playgloss), Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum) and California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Also good with perennial herbs such as Western Columbine (Aquiligia formosa), Phacelia species, and bulbs/corms such as Calochortus species.

Propagation?

Seed germinates readily. Best is sowed in masses or drifts

Natural Setting

Site Type

Found in various settings in northern California including coastal prairie, northern coastal scrub, spring-moist areas, openings in evergreen forest or oak woodlands, and grasslands

Climate

Annual Precipitation: 12.8" - 115.2", Summer Precipitation: 0.22" - 3.29", Coldest Month: 37.2" - 53.7", Hottest Month: 57.6" - 78.3", Humidity: 0.01" - 24.43", Elevation: 2" - 6017"

Alternative Names

Common Names: Farewell-to-spring, Godetia

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

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