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Tongue Clarkia


This is one of those pink Farewell-to-Spring flowers. Do the petals look like a tounge sticking out? It goes by many local names, such as: Forest Clarkia, Rhomboid Farewell-to-Spring, Tongue Clarkia, and Diamond-petaled Clarkia. Clarkia rhomboidea (Clarkia family)

Picture #464 -  copyright © 1995 by John Sherman



          

























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