Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia dudleyana |
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speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan |
Dudley's clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous. |
erect, to 70 cm, puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole to 5 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
petiole 3–10 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–7 cm. |
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Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
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Flowers | 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 1–3 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla bowl-shaped, petals lavender-pink, usually white-streaked, often red-flecked, broadly fan-shaped, 10–30 mm, apex subentire to crenulate; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler. |
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Capsules | 20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm. |
10–30 mm. |
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Seeds | brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm. |
brown, 1 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest inconspicuous. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia dudleyana |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, chaparral, yellow-pine forests, coastal sage. | |||||
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
California
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CA
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Discussion | 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 dudleyana is a rather widespread species in California, known primarily from the central and southern Sierra Nevada foothills, the Tehachapi Mountain area, the Transverse Ranges, and the Peninsular Ranges, ranging from Tuolumne to Riverside counties, sporadically in the north to Nevada County and in the south to San Diego County Clarkia dudleyana is morphologically most similar to C. biloba and C. modesta, but molecular data suggest that the relationship is not close. On the basis of chloroplast DNA sequence, C. dudleyana and C. heterandra are closely related. (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. | ||||
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Sympherica | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Lautiflorae | ||||
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Synonyms | Godetiabottae spach var. cylindrica | Godetia dudleyana | ||||
Name authority | (Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 33. (1953) — (as cyclindrica) | (Abrams) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 54. (1918) | ||||
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