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white stem clarkia

Flowers

petals pinkish lavender to light purple shading to white near middle, base bright red, 30–40 mm;

stigma exserted beyond anthers.

2n

= 28.

Clarkia gracilis subsp. albicaulis

Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Woodlands.
Elevation 500 m. (1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Subspecies albicaulis is found in foothill woodlands around the upper Sacramento Valley, mainly in Butte, Colusa, Lake, and Tehama counties, less commonly in Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Shasta, and Solano counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Rhodanthos > subsect. Jugales > Clarkia gracilis
Sibling taxa
C. gracilis subsp. gracilis, C. gracilis subsp. sonomensis, C. gracilis subsp. tracyi
Synonyms Godetia amoena var. albicaulis
Name authority (Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 33. (1953)
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