Clarkia cylindrica
Clarkia rubicunda
speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan
farewell-to-spring, ruby chalice clarkia
erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous.
erect or decumbent, to 150 cm, puberulent;
buds erect.
petiole to 5 mm;
blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm.
petiole to 10 mm;
blade lanceolate to elliptic, 1–4 cm.
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;
buds pendent.
open or dense spikes or racemes, axis straight;
buds erect.
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 4–10 mm;
sepals reflexed together to one side;
corolla bowl-shaped, petals pink to lavender, base red or purplish red, fan-shaped, 10–30 mm, apex erose;
stamens 8, subequal;
ovary cylindrical, 4-grooved, puberulent;
stigma exserted beyond anthers.
20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm.
20–40 mm;
pedicel 0–25(–40) mm.
brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm.
brown to grayish brown, 1.2–1.5 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm.
= 14.
Clarkia cylindrica
Clarkia rubicunda
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 rubicunda is known from the central coast of California, from Contra Costa and Marin counties south along the coast and foothills to northern San Luis Obispo County.
Clarkia rubicunda is probably a derivative of C. amoena and may be ancestral to C. franciscana. Clarkia rubicunda is distinguishable from some populations of C. amoena only by the absence of a red spot or group of spots near the middle of the petal and the presence of a red area at the base of the petal. Clarkia rubicunda can be distinguished from C. franciscana by the position of the stigma and size and shape of the petals. All three species differ in chromosome arrangement and hybrids are highly sterile.
(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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