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Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi
Photo is of parent taxon

farewell to spring, Whitney's clarkia
Stems

decumbent, to 100 cm.Inflorescences congested racemes;

bracts lanceolate;

internodes shorter than subtending flowers.
Flowers

petals with bright red spot mid blade, 30–60 mm;

ovary broadly fusiform, 8–12 mm wide, 8-grooved, 4 deeper;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.
2n

= 14.

Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Coastal scrub.
Elevation 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies whitneyi is common in cultivation, mostly as hybrid derivatives with other subspecies, but is scarce in the wild, found only rarely along the coast in Humboldt and Mendocino counties; it is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society.

(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. lindleyi
Synonyms Oenothera whitneyi, Godetia whitneyi
Name authority (A. Gray) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 265. (1955)
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