Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia exilis |
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speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan |
Kern River clarkia, Kern River or slender clarkia, slender clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous. |
erect, 30–100 cm, glabrous, glaucous. |
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Leaves | petiole to 5 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
petiole 0–5 mm; blade bright green, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1–6 cm, surfaces not glaucous, glabrous. |
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Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis erect; 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, usually green, sparsely to densely puberulent inside, without longer, spreading hairs; corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink or white, often with dark purplish spot, usually diamond-shaped, 5–15 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers red, inner smaller, paler; ovary with hairs as on sepals; stigma subequal to anthers. |
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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, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia exilis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | |||||
Habitat | Woodlands | |||||
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 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 exilis is of limited distribution, known primarily from the southern Sierra Nevada Foothills and Tehachapi Mountain area in Kern and Tulare counties, with unverified reports from Fresno, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties. It is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society. Clarkia exilis is derived from C. unguiculata and is closely related to C. springvillensis and C. tembloriensis. (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. Phaeostoma | ||||
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Synonyms | Godetiabottae spach var. cylindrica | |||||
Name authority | (Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 33. (1953) — (as cyclindrica) | H. Lewis & Vasek: Madroño 12: 211. (1954) | ||||
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