Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia delicata |
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Mildred's clarkia |
campo clarkia, delicate clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 100 cm, puberulent. |
erect, 20–70 cm, glabrous and glaucous distally, usually puberulent basally. |
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Leaves | petiole 15–40 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm. |
petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1.5–4 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, sometimes branched, axis straight; buds pendent. |
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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 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla rotate, petals oblanceolate to obovate, 8–12 mm, claw tapered, shorter than blade, apex entire; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers orange-red, inner smaller, paler. |
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Capsules | 20–30 mm; pedicel 0–5 mm. |
15–35 mm; subsessile. |
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Seeds | brown or gray, 1.5–1.8 mm, scaly-echinate, crest 0.1 mm. |
brown, 1–1.5 mm, tuberculate (especially on raphe), crest inconspicuous. |
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2n | = 36. |
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Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia delicata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | |||||
Habitat | Oak woodlands, chaparral. | |||||
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
California
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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 delicata is known in California only from the Peninsular Ranges, mainly in San Diego County with outliers in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and in northern Baja California, Mexico. Because of its limited range, it is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society. It is a tetraploid derived from hybridization between C. epilobioides and C. unguiculata. (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. Phaeostoma > subsect. Connubium | ||||
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Synonyms | Phaeostoma mildrediae | Godetia delicata | ||||
Name authority | (A. Heller) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 34. (1953) | (Abrams) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 65: 60. (1905) | ||||
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