Clarkia concinna |
Clarkia rostrata |
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red ribbons |
beak clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 40 cm, glabrous or puberulent. |
erect, to 60 cm, puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole 5–25 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1–4.5 cm. |
petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
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Inflorescences | racemes, axis suberect or slightly recurved; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
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Flowers | floral tube 13–25 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side, sometimes nearly separating, petal-like, pink or red; corolla rotate, petals bright pink, usually white-streaked, narrowly fan-shaped, 10–30 mm, length 2 times width, tapered to a ± distinct claw, lobes ± equal or middle lobe wider, usually oblanceolate; stamens 4, filaments not wider distally; ovary 8-grooved; stigma exserted or not beyond anthers. |
floral tube 1.5–2.5 mm, with ring of hairs at distal margin inside; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla bowl-shaped, petals pinkish lavender shading white near middle, often flecked reddish purple, base reddish purple, 10–25 mm; stamens 8, unequal, width of all filaments equal or inner slightly thinner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler. |
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Capsules | 15–20 mm; sessile. |
10–30 mm, beak 7–15 mm. |
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Seeds | reddish brown, 2–3 mm, scaly, crest to 0.8 mm, conspicuous. |
unknown. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Clarkia concinna |
Clarkia rostrata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | |||||||||
Habitat | Oak-pine woodlands. | |||||||||
Elevation | 500 m. (1600 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
California
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CA |
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). The two self-pollinating subspecies with smaller flowers probably arose independently from the outcrossing subsp. concinna. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Clarkia rostrata is known only from the Merced River drainage in the central Sierra Nevada Foothills, including Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, and (barely) Tuolumne counties. Because of its very limited distribution, C. rostrata is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society. Clarkia rostrata is closely related to C. cylindrica and C. lewisii but can be distinguished readily from both by the conspicuous beak of the capsule. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Eucharidium concinnum | |||||||||
Name authority | (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Greene: Pittonia 1: 140. (1887) | W. S. Davis: Brittonia 22: 281. (1970) | ||||||||
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