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|accepted_name=Clarkia pulchella
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 260, plate 11. 1813
|year=1813
|other_info_on_pub=(as Clarckia)
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|common_names=Pinkfairies
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Onagraceae;Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae;Onagraceae tribe Onagreae;Clarkia;Clarkia sect. Clarkia;Clarkia pulchella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Onagraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Onagraceae tribe Onagreae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Clarkia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Clarkia sect. Clarkia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Clarkia pulchella]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem some measurement;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, to 50 cm, glabrous or puberulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 0–10 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="">blade linear to lanceolate, 2–8 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade some measurement;axis course;axis orientation">Inflorescences racemes, axis straight or recurved;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bud orientation">buds pendent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="floral-tube pubescence;inside position or shape;inside quantity"><b>Flowers:</b> floral-tube minutely strigillose in distal 1/2 inside;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal orientation">sepals reflexed together to1 side;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="corolla shape;petal shape;petal some measurement;lateral lobe some measurement">corolla rotate, petals very broadly fan-shaped, 10–30 mm, lateral lobes 1–5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen size;stamen quantity;stamen reproduction;stamen quantity;stamen reproduction;stamen size;outer anther coloration;outer anther coloration;outer anther coloration;inner anther size;inner anther reproduction">stamens 8, unequal, 4 fertile, 4 sterile and reduced, subtended by puberulent scales, outer anthers lavender to white, inner much smaller, sterile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary shallowly 8-grooved;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">stigma exserted beyond anthers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule some measurement"><b>Capsules </b>10–30 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pedicel some measurement">pedicel 3–10 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed coloration;seed some measurement;seed architecture or pubescence"><b>Seeds </b>dark-brown, 1 mm, scaly, crest to 0.1 mm, inconspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="crest some measurement;crest prominence;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Openings in sagebrush and coniferous forests.
|elevation=500–2200 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Clarkia pulchella is the only North American species in the genus that does not occur in California; instead it is found throughout most of eastern Oregon and Washington, western Idaho, and northwestern Montana, to southern British Columbia, with disjunct occurrences in Bannock County in Idaho, Teton County in Wyoming, and Meade County in South Dakota. It was first discovered in 1806 by Meriwether Lewis during the Lewis and Clark expedition, and was the first species named in the new genus Clarkia.</p><!--
--><p>Clarkia pulchella is an allopolyploid that combines morphological characteristics of sect. Myxocarpa (C. borealis and relatives), which includes two species with 2n = 10, and sect. Eucharidium (C. concinna and C. breweri) with 2n = 14. Molecular data support a relationship with sect. Eucharidium but at present show no direct association with sect. Myxocarpa.</p><!--
--><p>Clarkia elegans Poiret is an illegitimate name that pertains here.</p>
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name=Clarkia pulchella
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Onagraceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Openings in sagebrush and coniferous forests.
|elevation=500–2200 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1813
|special status=
|source xml=
|subfamily=Onagraceae subfam. Onagroideae
|tribe=Onagraceae tribe Onagreae
|genus=Clarkia
|section=Clarkia sect. Clarkia
|species=Clarkia pulchella
|2n chromosome quantity=24
|axis course=straight
|axis orientation=recurved
|blade shape=linear;lanceolate
|blade some measurement=2cm;8cm
|bud orientation=pendent
|capsule some measurement=10mm;30mm
|corolla shape=rotate
|crest prominence=inconspicuous
|crest some measurement=0mm;0.1mm
|floral-tube pubescence=strigillose
|inner anther reproduction=sterile
|inner anther size=smaller
|inside position or shape=distal
|inside quantity=1/2
|lateral lobe some measurement=1mm;5mm
|outer anther coloration=lavender;white
|ovary architecture=8-grooved
|pedicel some measurement=3mm;10mm
|petal shape=fan--shaped
|petal some measurement=10mm;30mm
|petiole some measurement=0mm;10mm
|seed architecture or pubescence=scaly
|seed coloration=dark-brown
|seed some measurement=1
|sepal orientation=reflexed
|stamen quantity=4;4;8
|stamen reproduction=sterile;fertile
|stamen size=reduced;unequal
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=puberulent;glabrous
|stem some measurement=0cm;50cm
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