Larkspur Creek for kids
The Flower Mix-Up. A true story near Larkspur, CA, told for kids 3-5.
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Do you see purple flowers on the hills? Look, look, look! They look like tiny purple candles, standing up tall! A long time ago, a lady named Georgiana Wright saw flowers like these near Larkspur Creek. She named a whole town after them. The town is Larkspur.
But here is the silly part. She got it wrong! She thought they were larkspur flowers. They were really lupine flowers! So the town and the creek both have a name from a flower mix-up! Splish, splash, babble, babble, says the creek.
Now it is your turn. Look out the window. Can you spot something green and growing? Point to it! Point, point, point!
Quiz the back seat
What did the lady mix up?
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Two kinds of flowers. Two kinds of flowers! The hills had lupine, but she thought it was larkspur. Silly mix-up!
Fun facts
- Larkspur Creek is named for the town of Larkspur.
- Georgiana Wright named the town for lupine flowers she mistook for larkspur.
For grown-ups
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