One to two inches across. June - July. Narrow, along stem and tinged with red. Bluff trails - Gray Whale Cove Trail in McNee Ranch State Park is the best. Native - Common.
Flower buds erect.
Watch for a big bloom of Clarkia in the early summer along the bluffs and rocks at Devil's Slide. One year, the entire north face of Devil's Slide Promontory turned scarlet. We first assumed it to be iceplant, until binoculars revealed it to be thousands of blooming Clarkia rubicunda. Clarkia in general tend to be late bloomers, often persisting into the summer. Epilobium cilatum ssp.