Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia mildrediae subsp. lutescens |
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Mildred's clarkia |
Mildred's clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 100 cm, puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole 15–40 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 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. |
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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. |
petals 7–16 mm wide; anthers yellow to orange-red, fresh pollen bright yellow to tan. |
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Capsules | 20–30 mm; pedicel 0–5 mm. |
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Seeds | brown or gray, 1.5–1.8 mm, scaly-echinate, crest 0.1 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia mildrediae subsp. lutescens |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Yellow-pine forests. | |||||
Elevation | 400–1700 m. (1300–5600 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.) |
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.) |
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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 > Clarkia mildrediae | ||||
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Synonyms | Phaeostoma mildrediae | |||||
Name authority | (A. Heller) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 34. (1953) | Gottlieb & Janeway: Madroño 44: 250, fig. 1 [top]. (1998) | ||||
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