Clarkia mildrediae subsp. lutescens |
Clarkia sect. Myxocarpa |
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Mildred's clarkia |
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Inflorescences | axis recurved at tip in bud, becoming erect; buds pendent. |
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Flowers | petals 7–16 mm wide; anthers yellow to orange-red, fresh pollen bright yellow to tan. |
floral tube campanulate, 1–5 mm; sepals reflexed individually or, sometimes, all together to 1 side; petals lavender-purple or -pink, reddish purple, or pinkish lavender, often dark-flecked or -spotted, obovate, suborbiculate, or obdeltate to rhombic, rarely ± 3-lobed, constricted into ± broad claw with pair of lateral basal lobes; stamens 8, subequal; ovary subterete or 4-grooved, often 8-striate. |
Capsules | 4-angled; sessile or pedicellate. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Clarkia mildrediae subsp. lutescens |
Clarkia sect. Myxocarpa |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | |
Habitat | Yellow-pine forests. | |
Elevation | 400–1700 m. (1300–5600 ft.) | |
Distribution |
CA |
nw United States; w Mexico |
Discussion | The distribution of subsp. lutescens overlaps with that of subsp. mildrediae in Butte and Plumas counties, but extends farther to the southeast into Sierra and Yuba counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Species 7 (7 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
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Name authority | Gottlieb & Janeway: Madroño 44: 250, fig. 1 [top]. (1998) | H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 347. (1955) |
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