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Clarkia concinna subsp. concinna

Clarkia sect. Eucharidium
Photo is of parent taxon

red ribbons
Inflorescences

axis suberect or slightly recurved;

buds pendent.
Flowers

sepals remaining connate only near tip, usually reflexed in pairs or singly;

petals 15–30 mm, blades gradually tapered to distinct claw, lobes prominent, separated by deep sinuses;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube narrowly tubular, 13–35 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

petals pink, sometimes white-streaked, fan-shaped, conspicuously 3-lobed, middle lobe often longer than laterals, claw slender, not lobed;

stamens 4.
Capsules

subterete;

sessile or subsessile.
2n

= 14.

Clarkia concinna subsp. concinna

Clarkia sect. Eucharidium
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Mixed evergreen forests, woodlands, coastal scrub.
Elevation 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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California
Discussion

Subspecies concinna occurs from the San Francisco Bay area through much of northwestern California to Humboldt and Siskiyou counties, and in the Cascade Range foothills in Butte and Tehama counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Species 2 (2 in the flora).

Section Eucharidium includes two species characterized by large tri-lobed petals, four rather than eight stamens, and a long floral tube that adapts them to pollination by long-tongued Lepidoptera or Diptera (G. A. Allen et al. 1990).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Eucharidium > Clarkia concinna Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia
Sibling taxa
C. concinna subsp. automixa, C. concinna subsp. raichei
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms Eucharidium, C. subg. eucharidium
Name authority unknown (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 359. (1955)
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