Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia jolonensis |
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speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan |
Jolon clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous. |
erect, to 60 cm, glabrous, glaucous. |
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Leaves | petiole to 5 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
petiole to 10 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–5 cm. |
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Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis straight; 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 2–3 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla bowl-shaped, petals pale lavender to pinkish lavender, usually red-flecked, unlobed, 10–20 mm; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler; ovary obscurely 4-grooved; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
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Capsules | 20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm. |
30–40 mm; pedicel 0–10 mm. |
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Seeds | brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm. |
dark gray, 1.2–1.4 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Clarkia cylindrica |
Clarkia jolonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | |||||
Habitat | Dry woodlands. | |||||
Elevation | 200–700 m. (700–2300 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 jolonensis is known only from Monterey County, mainly in the Outer South Coast Ranges. It is scarcely distinguishable morphologically from C. bottae except for seed color, but attempts to produce hybrids have been unsuccessful. Although in describing C. jolonensis Parnell suggested that its range did not overlap with that of C. bottae, the ranges in fact overlap extensively in Monterey County. (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. Fibula | ||||
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Synonyms | Godetiabottae spach var. cylindrica | |||||
Name authority | (Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 33. (1953) — (as cyclindrica) | D. R. Parnell: Madroño 20: 322. (1970) | ||||
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