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Clarkia jolonensis

Clarkia lingulata

Jolon clarkia

Merced clarkia
Stems

erect, to 60 cm, glabrous, glaucous.

erect, to 60 cm, puberulent.
Leaves

petiole to 10 mm;

blade narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–5 cm.

petiole to 15 mm;

blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–6 cm.
Inflorescences

open racemes, axis straight;

buds pendent.

Flowers

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.

floral tube 1–4 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

corolla rotate, petals bright pink, red-flecked or not, oblanceolate, 10–20 mm, apex subentire or minutely notched;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.
Capsules

30–40 mm;

pedicel 0–10 mm.

10–20 mm.
Seeds

dark gray, 1.2–1.4 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm.

brown, 1 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest inconspicuous.
Inflores

-cences open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;

buds pendent.
2n

= 18.

= 18.

Clarkia jolonensis

Clarkia lingulata
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Dry woodlands. Open chaparral.
Elevation 200–700 m. (700–2300 ft.) 400–500 m. (1300–1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

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.)

Clarkia lingulata is listed as endangered by the State of California, known from only a few populations in Merced River Canyon, Mariposa County. It is derived from C. biloba subsp. australis, from which it can be distinguished morphologically by its narrower, unlobed petals; the two taxa also differ in chromosome number, and form only highly sterile hybrids.

(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. Fibula Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Lautiflorae
Sibling taxa
C. affinis, C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. bottae, C. breweri, C. concinna, C. cylindrica, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. lingulata, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rostrata, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. tembloriensis, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
C. affinis, C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. bottae, C. breweri, C. concinna, C. cylindrica, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. jolonensis, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rostrata, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. tembloriensis, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
Name authority D. R. Parnell: Madroño 20: 322. (1970) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 35. (1953)
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