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Shasta clarkia

Seeds

1.8–2.5 mm.

2n

= 14.

Clarkia borealis subsp. arida

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Foothill woodlands.
Elevation 500 m. (1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies arida is known only from south-central Shasta County, and barely into adjacent northern Tehama County and is designated 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. Myxocarpa > Clarkia borealis
Sibling taxa
C. borealis subsp. borealis
Name authority E. Small: Canad. J. Bot. 49: 1215, figs. 2B, 3B. (1971)
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