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Clarkia affinis

Clarkia sect. Biortis

chaparral clarkia, chaparral clarkia or fairyfan, chaparral fairyfan
Stems

erect, to 80 cm, puberulent.

Leaves

petiole 0–3 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–7 cm.

Inflorescences

dense spikes, axis straight;

buds erect.

axis erect;

buds erect.
Flowers

floral tube1.5–4 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla bowl-shaped, petals 5–15 mm;

stamens 8, subequal;

ovary cylindrical, 8-grooved, length at least 10 times width;

stigma not exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube obconic, 1.5–4 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

petals pale pink to dark wine-red, often purple-flecked or -marked, obovate, unlobed, claw inconspicuous or absent;

stamens 8, subequal.
Capsules

15–30 mm, beak 3–7 mm;

pedicel 0–5 mm.

slender, conspicuously 8-ribbed;

sessile or pedicellate.
Seeds

brown or gray, 1–1.5 mm, scaly, crest 0.1 mm.

2n

= 52.

Clarkia affinis

Clarkia sect. Biortis
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Openings in woodlands and chaparral.
Elevation 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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California
Discussion

Clarkia affinis is known primarily from west-central California and the North Coast Ranges, and more scattered in the Sierra Nevada Foothills and Western Transverse Ranges.

Clarkia affinis is a hexaploid most closely related to C. purpurea; both have 2n = 52. Chromosome pairing in hybrids between them, as well as morphology, suggest that they have a tetraploid (2n = 34) genome in common. The two species are most readily distinguished by their immature capsules, which in C. affinis are slender, at least ten times longer than wide, beaked, and shallowly grooved, whereas those of C. purpurea are stout, not more than eight times longer than wide, not prominently beaked, and deeply grooved; the sepals of the former are generally reflexed together in fours whereas those of the latter are reflexed individually or in twos. Based on morphology and molecular data, the diploid genome probably came from C. cylindrica or a related species.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Biortis Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia
Sibling taxa
C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. bottae, C. breweri, C. concinna, C. cylindrica, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. jolonensis, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. lingulata, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rostrata, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. tembloriensis, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
Subordinate taxa
Name authority H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 34. (1953) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 309. (1955)
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