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Clarkia amoena subsp. lindleyi

Clarkia subsect. Primigenia
Photo is of parent taxon

farewell-to-spring, Lindley's clarkia
Stems

erect, to 200 cm.

Inflorescences

congested racemes;

bracts narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate;

internodes shorter than subtending flowers.

Flowers

petals without red spot near middle of blade or with very small spot or streak, 30–40 mm;

ovary cylindrical, 2–3 mm wide, 4-grooved;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

2n

= 14.

Clarkia amoena subsp. lindleyi

Clarkia subsect. Primigenia
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Woodlands, margins of fields, along railroad tracks.
Elevation 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies lindleyi is found in west-central Oregon and southwestern Washington in the Coast Ranges.

(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. amoena, C. amoena subsp. caurina, C. amoena subsp. huntiana, C. amoena subsp. whitneyi
Synonyms Oenothera lindleyi, C. amoena var. lindleyi, Godetia amoena var. lindleyi
Name authority (Douglas) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 267. (1955)
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