Clarkia purpurea(Curtis) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.

Winecup Clarkia

WFO wfo-0000608571 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Clarkia purpurea, photographed by John Hibbard
fig. a John Hibbard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 204617286
Clarkia purpurea, photographed by Leah Gardner
fig. b Leah Gardner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199770784
Clarkia purpurea, photographed by Alex
fig. c Alex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200183991
Clarkia purpurea, photographed by Marc Whitaker
fig. d Marc Whitaker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198643574
Clarkia purpurea, photographed by Michael Warner
fig. e Michael Warner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195500832
Clarkia purpurea, photographed by Henrik Kibak
fig. f Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195491585
Clarkia purpurea, photographed by Henrik Kibak
fig. g Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196123078
Clarkia purpurea, photographed by Dorothy Johnson
fig. h Dorothy Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202176971

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Flowering n = 3,654 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 3,654 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 63 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clarkia arnottii (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Clarkia decumbens (Douglas ex Hook.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Clarkia purpurea var. arnottii (Torr. & A.Gray) Hoover
  • Clarkia purpurea var. hirsuta (Kellogg) Hoover
  • Clarkia quadrivulnera (Douglas ex Lindl.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Clarkia romanzovii A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Clarkia viminea A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
  • Godetia albescens Lindl.
  • Godetia albescens var. micropetala (Greene) Jeps.
  • Godetia arnottii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.
  • Godetia bingensis Suksd.
  • Godetia brevistyla Piper
  • Godetia decumbens (Douglas ex Hook.) Spach
  • Godetia goddardii Jeps.
  • Godetia goddardii f. capitata Jeps.
  • Godetia goddardii var. capitata (Jeps.) M.Armstr. & Thornber
  • Godetia goddardii var. miguelita Jeps.
  • Godetia lanata Elmer
  • Godetia lepida Lindl.
  • Godetia lepida var. arnottii (Torr. & A.Gray) S.Watson
  • Godetia lepida var. parviflora S.Watson
  • Godetia micropetala Greene
  • Godetia purpurea G.Don
  • Godetia purpurea var. arnottii (Torr. & A.Gray) Jeps.

and 39 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.