Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia gracilis |
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speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan |
graceful clarkia, slender clarkia, slender godetia |
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Stems | erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous. |
erect, to 90 cm, glabrous or puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole to 5 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
petiole to 11 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–7 cm. |
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Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
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 1.5–10 mm; corolla bowl-shaped, petals pink to lavender or light purple, often lighter toward base, unspotted or with red spot near middle or base, obovate or obdeltate, 6–40 mm; stamens 8, subequal; ovary 4-grooved, puberulent; stigma exserted or not beyond anthers. |
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Capsules | 20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm. |
25–50 mm, usually wider distally; pedicel 0–10 mm. |
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Seeds | brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm. |
brown or mottled with dark spots, 1.5–2 mm, scaly, crest 0.1 mm. |
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Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia gracilis |
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Distribution |
California
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w United States
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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.) |
Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora). Clarkia gracilis is a tetraploid derived from C. amoena and an unknown, presumably extinct, species related to C. arcuata and C. lassenensis. Clarkia gracilis is readily distinguished from C. amoena by the axis of the inflorescence in bud, which is not recurved in C. amoena; it is distinguished from C. arcuata and C. lassenensis by its four rather than eight-grooved ovary. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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. Rhodanthos > subsect. Jugales | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Godetiabottae spach var. cylindrica | Godetia gracilis, G. amoena var. gracilis | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | (Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 33. (1953) — (as cyclindrica) | (Piper) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 65: 63. (1918) | ||||||||||||||||
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