Clarkia dudleyana |
Clarkia jolonensis |
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Dudley's clarkia |
Jolon clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 70 cm, puberulent. |
erect, to 60 cm, glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | petiole 3–10 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–7 cm. |
petiole to 10 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–5 cm. |
Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis straight; buds pendent. |
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 2–3 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. |
Capsules | 10–30 mm. |
30–40 mm; pedicel 0–10 mm. |
Seeds | brown, 1 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest inconspicuous. |
dark gray, 1.2–1.4 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Clarkia dudleyana |
Clarkia jolonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, chaparral, yellow-pine forests, coastal sage. | Dry woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 200–700 m. (700–2300 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 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.) |
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. Fibula |
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Synonyms | Godetia dudleyana | |
Name authority | (Abrams) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 54. (1918) | D. R. Parnell: Madroño 20: 322. (1970) |
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