Clarkia modesta |
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Waltham Creek clarkia |
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Stems | erect, 20–70 cm, puberulent. |
Leaves | petiole 5–15 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2–4 cm. |
Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
Flowers | 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. |
Capsules | 15–30 mm. |
Seeds | brown, 0.8–1 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous. |
2n | = 16. |
Clarkia modesta |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy places in woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | 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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. |
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Lautiflorae |
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Name authority | Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 673. (1925) |
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