Clarkia modesta |
Clarkia springvillensis |
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Waltham Creek clarkia |
Springville clarkia |
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Stems | erect, 20–70 cm, puberulent. |
erect, 30–90 cm, glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | petiole 5–15 mm; blade linear to narrowly lanceolate or elliptic, 2–4 cm. |
petiole 0–5 mm; blade lanceolate, 2–9 cm, surfaces glaucous, glabrous. |
Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open racemes, axis erect; 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. |
floral tube 3–4 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side, usually dark red-purple, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, without long, spreading hairs; corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink, usually with dark purplish spot near base, ± diamond-shaped, 13–15 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers red, inner smaller, paler; ovary with hairs as on sepals; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
Capsules | 15–30 mm. |
15–30 mm. |
Seeds | brown, 0.8–1 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous. |
unknown. |
2n | = 16. |
= 18. |
Clarkia modesta |
Clarkia springvillensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering May. |
Habitat | Sandy places in woodlands. | Woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) | 500 m. (1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
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.) |
Clarkia springvillensis is a rare species known primarily from the vicinity of Springville in Tulare County, with one ambiguous collection from Kern County. Due to its very limited distribution, C. springvillensis is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society. It is derived from C. unguiculata and is closely related to C. exilis and C. tembloriensis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Lautiflorae | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Phaeostoma |
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Name authority | Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 673. (1925) | Vasek: Madroño 17: 220. (1964) |
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