Clarkia lewisii
Clarkia cylindrica
Lewis' clarkia
speckled clarkia, speckled fairyfan
erect, to 50 cm, puberulent to glabrate.
erect, to 60 cm, puberulent or glabrous.
petiole to 7 mm;
blade narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 2–5 cm.
petiole to 5 mm;
blade linear to narrowly lanceolate, 1–6 cm.
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;
buds pendent.
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud;
buds pendent.
floral tube 1.5–4 mm, with ring of hairs at distal margin inside;
sepals reflexed together to 1 side;
corolla bowl-shaped, petals pinkish lavender shading white near middle, base purplish red or with red line, sometimes reddish purple-flecked, 10–30 mm;
stamens 8, unequal, width of all filaments subequal or inner slightly thinner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.
floral tube 2–7 mm, with ring of hairs proximal to distal margin inside;
sepals reflexed together to 1 side;
corolla bowl-shaped, petals purple to pinkish lavender shading white near middle, often reddish purple-flecked, base bright purplish red, 10–35 mm;
stamens 8, unequal, width of outer filaments about 2 times inner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler.
15–70 mm, beak 0–3 mm.
20–50 mm, beak 3–5 mm.
brown, 1 mm, scaly to puberulent, crest inconspicuous.
brown, 1–1.5 mm, minutely scaly to puberulent, crest 0.1 mm.
= 18.
Clarkia lewisii
Clarkia cylindrica
Clarkia lewisii is known primarily from Monterey County, sparsely in San Benito County, barely reaching Santa Clara County, and is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society. It is most closely related and morphologically similar to C. cylindrica, from which it can be distinguished by having all filaments about equally wide and a ring of hairs at the rim of the floral tube; outer filaments of C. cylindrica are two times as wide as the inner ones, and the ring of hairs is within the tube below the rim. Clarkia lewisii is also closely related to C. rostrata, from which it differs conspicuously by having a much shorter capsule beak.
Clarkia lewisii is a new name applied to the species known until 1978 as C. bottae, following examination and reinterpretation of the type of Godetia bottae Spach by P. H. Raven and D. R. Parnell (1978). They determined that the type specimens of G. bottae actually referred to the species then known as C. deflexa (Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis, and reapplied the name C. bottae to that species in sect. Fibula.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
As defined by Davis, the subspecies of Clarkia cylindrica have distinct but partly overlapping geographical ranges; subsp. cylindrica mainly in the South Coast and Transverse Ranges to the Tehachapi Mountain area, and subsp. clavicarpa mainly in the central and southern Sierra Nevada Foothills to the Tehachapi Mountain area. More recent collections suggest more substantial geographical overlap. Morphological variation correlates with geographical distribution, with the most consistent difference in ovary and capsule shape. According to Davis, the taxa are moderately interfertile, less so for more distantly separated individuals.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Ovaries and capsules cylindrical. | subsp. cylindrica |
1. Ovaries and capsules subclavate, enlarged distally. | subsp. clavicarpa |
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