Clarkia cylindrica
Clarkia delicata
speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan
campo clarkia, delicate clarkia
erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous.
erect, 20–70 cm, glabrous and glaucous distally, usually puberulent basally.
petiole to 5 mm;
blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm.
petiole to 10 mm;
blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1.5–4 cm.
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;
buds pendent.
open racemes, sometimes branched, axis straight;
buds pendent.
floral tube 2–7 mm, with ring of hairs proximal to distal margin inside;
sepals reflexed together to 1 side;
corolla bowl-shaped, petals purple to pinkish lavender shading white near middle, often reddish purple-flecked, base bright purplish red, 10–35 mm;
stamens 8, unequal, width of outer filaments about 2 times inner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.
floral tube 2 mm;
sepals reflexed together to 1 side;
corolla rotate, petals oblanceolate to obovate, 8–12 mm, claw tapered, shorter than blade, apex entire;
stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers orange-red, inner smaller, paler.
20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm.
15–35 mm;
subsessile.
brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm.
brown, 1–1.5 mm, tuberculate (especially on raphe), crest inconspicuous.
= 36.
Clarkia cylindrica
Clarkia delicata
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
As defined by Davis, the subspecies of Clarkia cylindrica have distinct but partly overlapping geographical ranges; subsp. cylindrica mainly in the South Coast and Transverse Ranges to the Tehachapi Mountain area, and subsp. clavicarpa mainly in the central and southern Sierra Nevada Foothills to the Tehachapi Mountain area. More recent collections suggest more substantial geographical overlap. Morphological variation correlates with geographical distribution, with the most consistent difference in ovary and capsule shape. According to Davis, the taxa are moderately interfertile, less so for more distantly separated individuals.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Clarkia delicata is known in California only from the Peninsular Ranges, mainly in San Diego County with outliers in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and in northern Baja California, Mexico. Because of its limited range, it is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society. It is a tetraploid derived from hybridization between C. epilobioides and C. unguiculata.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Ovaries and capsules cylindrical. | subsp. cylindrica |
1. Ovaries and capsules subclavate, enlarged distally. | subsp. clavicarpa |
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