Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia modesta |
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Mildred's clarkia |
Waltham Creek clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 100 cm, puberulent. |
erect, 20–70 cm, puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole 15–40 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, 3–6 cm. |
petiole 5–15 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2–4 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, axis recurved at tip in bud; 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 1–3 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla generally rotate, petals usually arranged in lateral pairs, pink, usually darker flecked, oblanceolate to diamond-shaped, scarcely clawed, 8–12 mm; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler. |
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Capsules | 20–30 mm; pedicel 0–5 mm. |
15–30 mm. |
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Seeds | brown or gray, 1.5–1.8 mm, scaly-echinate, crest 0.1 mm. |
brown, 0.8–1 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Clarkia mildrediae |
Clarkia modesta |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | |||||
Habitat | Sandy places in woodlands. | |||||
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 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 modesta occurs mainly in the Inner North Coast Ranges, the San Francisco Bay area, and the South Coast Ranges, from Trinity to Santa Barbara counties, and in the central and southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, from Mariposa to Tulare counties. Clarkia modesta is one of the parents of the tetraploid species C. similis, from which it differs by having darker pink petals. (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. Lautiflorae | ||||
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Synonyms | Phaeostoma mildrediae | |||||
Name authority | (A. Heller) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 34. (1953) | Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 673. (1925) | ||||
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