Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia australis |
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Mildred's clarkia |
Small's southern clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 100 cm, puberulent. |
erect, to 100 cm, puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole 15–40 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm. |
petiole 10–30 mm; blade linear to lanceolate, 2–5 cm. |
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Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved in bud, straight only 1–3 nodes distal to open flowers; buds pendent, tip acute. |
open racemes, axis recurved only at tip in bud, straight 4+ nodes distal to open flowers; buds pendent, narrowly obovoid, tip obtuse. |
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Flowers | floral tube 2–3 mm; sepals usually reflexed individually; corolla rotate, petals reddish purple, often darker flecked or spotted, narrowly obdeltate to suborbiculate, unlobed, 11–25 × 7–18 mm, length 1.4–1.6 times width; stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, anthers magenta or orange-red to yellow, pollen blue-gray or bright yellow to tan; ovary shallowly 4-grooved, puberulent; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
floral tube 2–4 mm; sepals reflexed individually; corolla rotate, petals lavender-purple, mottled or spotted reddish purple, ± rhombic, unlobed, 6–12(–14) ×3–7 mm, length 2.2–3 times width; stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, pollen blue-gray; ovary shallowly 4-grooved; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
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Capsules | 20–30 mm; pedicel 0–5 mm. |
10–20 mm; pedicel 0–4 mm. |
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Seeds | brown or gray, 1.5–1.8 mm, scaly-echinate, crest 0.1 mm. |
brown, 1–1.5 mm, scaly. |
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2n | = 10. |
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Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia australis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Yellow-pine forests. | |||||
Elevation | 800–1500 m. (2600–4900 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
California
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CA |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Clarkia mildrediae is closely related to, and may be derived from, C. borealis. Clarkia mildrediae subsp. lutescens is probably the direct ancestor of C. stellata. Clarkia mildrediae differs from C. borealis in petal color and inflorescence habit and from C. stellata in flower size and position of the stigma. On the basis of morphology, chromosome number and pairing, C. mildrediae appears to be one of the parents of the tetraploid species C. rhomboidea. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Clarkia australis is found in the foothills of the central Sierra Nevada range, from Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, and Tuolumne counties, and has been designated as rare by the California Native Plant Society. Clarkia australis is morphologically very similar to C. virgata and, based on its more southern distribution, may be derived from it. They are most readily distinguished morphologically by the narrower leaves of C. australis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. | ||||
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Myxocarpa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Myxocarpa | ||||
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Synonyms | Phaeostoma mildrediae | C. virgata var. australis | ||||
Name authority | (A. Heller) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 34. (1953) | E. Small: Canad. J. Bot. 49: 1216, fig. 4D. (1971) | ||||
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