J20170720-0048—Clarkia williamsonii—RPBG—DxO (35403542493)

Description:

Clarkia williamsonii—Fort Miller clarkia. First collected in the vicinity of Fort Miller during the course of the 1853 Railroad Survey led by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson. The collector was Dr. A. L. Heermann. The site of Fort Miller now lies at the bottom of Millerton Lake in Fresno County. Kat Anderson recounts information from Native American women that this Clarkia was an important food source in the sugar pine forests of the Sierras. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.