The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links
Photo is of parent taxon

farewell to spring

Stems

decumbent to suberect, to 100 cm.

Inflorescences

congested spikes;

bracts narrowly lanceolate;

internodes shorter than subtending flowers.

Flowers

petals usually with bright red spot mid blade, 20–35 mm;

ovary cylindrical, 2–5 mm wide, 4-grooved;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

2n

= 14.

Clarkia amoena subsp. amoena

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Open slopes and bluffs near coast.
Elevation 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subsp. amoena is found primarily in the North Coast and North Coast Ranges, and in the San Francisco Bay and Central Coast regions south to Monterey County.

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

Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Rhodanthos > subsect. Primigenia > Clarkia amoena
Sibling taxa
C. amoena subsp. caurina, C. amoena subsp. huntiana, C. amoena subsp. lindleyi, C. amoena subsp. whitneyi
Name authority unknown
Web links