Clarkia dudleyana |
Clarkia australis |
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Dudley's clarkia |
Small's southern clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 70 cm, puberulent. |
erect, to 100 cm, puberulent. |
Leaves | petiole 3–10 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–7 cm. |
petiole 10–30 mm; blade linear to lanceolate, 2–5 cm. |
Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis recurved only at tip in bud, straight 4+ nodes distal to open flowers; buds pendent, narrowly obovoid, tip obtuse. |
Flowers | 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. |
floral tube 2–4 mm; sepals reflexed individually; corolla rotate, petals lavender-purple, mottled or spotted reddish purple, ± rhombic, unlobed, 6–12(–14) ×3–7 mm, length 2.2–3 times width; stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, pollen blue-gray; ovary shallowly 4-grooved; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
Capsules | 10–30 mm. |
10–20 mm; pedicel 0–4 mm. |
Seeds | brown, 1 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest inconspicuous. |
brown, 1–1.5 mm, scaly. |
2n | = 18. |
= 10. |
Clarkia dudleyana |
Clarkia australis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, chaparral, yellow-pine forests, coastal sage. | Yellow-pine forests. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 800–1500 m. (2600–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | 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.) |
Clarkia australis is found in the foothills of the central Sierra Nevada range, from Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, and Tuolumne counties, and has been designated as rare by the California Native Plant Society. Clarkia australis is morphologically very similar to C. virgata and, based on its more southern distribution, may be derived from it. They are most readily distinguished morphologically by the narrower leaves of C. australis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Lautiflorae | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Myxocarpa |
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Synonyms | Godetia dudleyana | C. virgata var. australis |
Name authority | (Abrams) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 54. (1918) | E. Small: Canad. J. Bot. 49: 1216, fig. 4D. (1971) |
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