52 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



564. Nodding Evening Oenothera gauraeflora Nodding clusters of numer- 



Primrose ous white flowers which 



turn rose color. Frequent 

 in foothill gulches, San 

 Joaquin Valley and else- 

 where. 

 Probably additional species. 



FAREWELL-TO-SPRING GODETIA 



The State of California may well be proud of the possession of such elegant 

 wild flowers as the Godetias. When the grasses have turned brown, the grain 

 fields ripe, and the trail dusty, we are rewarded by masses of showy rose-colored 

 blossoms, the center of the cup frequently brightened and contrasted by a deeper 

 shade. 



The species are confined to the west coast of North and South America. 

 Heller's Catalogue of North American Plants lists sixteen species, all of which 

 are to be found within the boundaries of the State. Several of these are regarded 

 as varieties by some authors, making the number of the species indefinite. Unlike 

 most of the genera, they do not extend far up into the Sierras, but confine them- 

 selves largely to our coast hills and valleys, very few of them extending high up 

 into the Sierras. A number of them have been introduced into cultivation, for 

 which they are well adapted, growing easily from seed and asking but little atten- 

 tion from the water meters. We should make an especial endeavor to multiply 

 these favorites by the sowing of seed whenever and wherever we can. 



565. Godetia biloba 



566. Godetia epilobioides The botanical features and 



567. Herald of Summer Godetia amoena and var. distribution of these spe- 



568. Godetia quadrivulnera cies are well treated in 



var. the local floras so that 



569. Godetia albescens and we can conserve space by 



vars. simply listing the names. 



570. Godetia lepida and var. 



As in Oenothera, some of the species are extremely variable. Jepson gives an 

 excellent account of the variations of G. quadrivulnera, and the pressed individual 

 flowers by Katherine Brandegee show numerous variations in the size and form of 

 the petals. 



571. Godetia tenella Considered a variety of G. 



quadrivulnera. 



572. Godetia micropetala Variety of G. albescens. 



573. Godetia Bottae Monterey to San Diego, in 



Heller's Catalogue. 



574. Godetia hispidula Sacramento and Tulare 



Valleys. 



575. Godetia Williamsonii Foothills of the Sierras. 



576. Godetia viminea Sierras, Yosemite Valley. 



577. Godetia purpurea Monterey and north. 



578. Godetia grandiflora Hillsides, Humboldt and 



Mendocino Counties. Very 

 large flowers, light purple 

 with large crimson spots. 

 In cultivation. 



579. Godetia Romanzovii Cultivated. 



CLARKIA 



A small genus of graceful annual plants with rose-colored flowers recognized 

 by the long-clawed petals which may be lobed or entire. They are confined to 

 the Pacific Coast and some are well-known in cultivation. 



580. Clarkia rhomboidea Widely distributed, coast 



and Sierras. Petals entire, 

 claw short and broad, of- 

 ten toothed. 



