{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Clarkia affinis.jpg | status = G3 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref name="TNC status 19 may 2022">{{Cite web|date=2022 |url= https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139767 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe|title= NatureServe Explorer }}</ref> | genus = Clarkia | species = affinis | authority = H. F. Lewis & M. E. Lewis }}
'''''Clarkia affinis''''', commonly known as '''chaparral clarkia''', is a species of wildflower in the family Onagraceae. It is endemic to California, where it grows mainly on chaparral slopes and woodlands in the Coast Ranges. This is a spindly plant producing erect stems exceeding half a meter in height and sparse narrow leaves. The flower is a bowl-shaped bloom with four pink or red petals each 5 to 15 millimeters long. The petals may have darker spots near the base and purple or red speckling.
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==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=19563 Jepson Manual Profile] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Clarkia+affinis Photo gallery]
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affinis Category:Endemic flora of California Category:Plants described in 1953
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