Clarkia dudleyana |
Clarkia modesta |
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Dudley's clarkia |
Waltham Creek clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 70 cm, puberulent. |
erect, 20–70 cm, puberulent. |
Leaves | petiole 3–10 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate, 1.5–7 cm. |
petiole 5–15 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2–4 cm. |
Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; 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 1–3 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla generally rotate, petals usually arranged in lateral pairs, pink, usually darker flecked, oblanceolate to diamond-shaped, scarcely clawed, 8–12 mm; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler. |
Capsules | 10–30 mm. |
15–30 mm. |
Seeds | brown, 1 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest inconspicuous. |
brown, 0.8–1 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous. |
2n | = 18. |
= 16. |
Clarkia dudleyana |
Clarkia modesta |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, chaparral, yellow-pine forests, coastal sage. | Sandy places in woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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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 modesta occurs mainly in the Inner North Coast Ranges, the San Francisco Bay area, and the South Coast Ranges, from Trinity to Santa Barbara counties, and in the central and southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, from Mariposa to Tulare counties. Clarkia modesta is one of the parents of the tetraploid species C. similis, from which it differs by having darker pink petals. (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. Phaeostoma > subsect. Lautiflorae |
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Synonyms | Godetia dudleyana | |
Name authority | (Abrams) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 54. (1918) | Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 673. (1925) |
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