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beak clarkia

Stems

erect, to 40 cm, glabrous or puberulent.

erect, to 60 cm, puberulent.

Leaves

petiole 5–25 mm;

blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1–4.5 cm.

petiole to 10 mm;

blade lanceolate, 1–6 cm.

Inflorescences

racemes, axis suberect or slightly recurved;

buds pendent.

open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.

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.

Capsules

15–20 mm;

sessile.

10–30 mm, beak 7–15 mm.

Seeds

reddish brown, 2–3 mm, scaly, crest to 0.8 mm, conspicuous.

unknown.

2n

= 18.

Clarkia concinna

Clarkia rostrata

Phenology Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Oak-pine woodlands.
Elevation 500 m. (1600 ft.)
Distribution
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California
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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.)

Key
1. Stigmas exserted beyond anthers; petals 15–30 mm.
subsp. concinna
1. Stigmas not exserted beyond anthers; petals 10–20 mm.
→ 2
2. Sepals remaining connate only near tip; petal lobes prominent, blades gradually tapered to distinct claw.
subsp. automixa
2. Sepals remaining connate in distal 2/3; petal lobes short, blades abruptly tapered to inconspicuous claw.
subsp. raichei
Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Eucharidium Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Sympherica
Sibling taxa
C. affinis, C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. bottae, C. breweri, C. cylindrica, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. jolonensis, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. lingulata, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rostrata, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. tembloriensis, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
C. affinis, C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. bottae, C. breweri, C. concinna, C. cylindrica, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. jolonensis, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. lingulata, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. tembloriensis, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
Subordinate taxa
C. concinna subsp. automixa, C. concinna subsp. concinna, C. concinna subsp. raichei
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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