Clarkia rostrata |
Clarkia speciosa |
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beak clarkia |
red spotted clarkia, red spotted or redspot clarkia, redspot clarkia |
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Stems | erect, to 60 cm, puberulent. |
erect or decumbent, to 60 cm, puberulent. |
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Leaves | petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
petiole 0–5 mm; blade linear to lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
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Inflorescences | open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
open or dense racemes or panicles, axis straight; buds erect. |
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Flowers | floral tube 1.5–2.5 mm, with ring of hairs at distal margin inside; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla bowl-shaped, petals pinkish lavender shading white near middle, often flecked reddish purple, base reddish purple, 10–25 mm; stamens 8, unequal, width of all filaments equal or inner slightly thinner, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler. |
floral tube 5–15 mm; sepals usually reflexed individually or in pairs, or rarely together to one side, tips not distinct in bud; corolla bowl-shaped, petals lavender to wine-red, often shading white or pale yellow toward base, unspotted or with bright red or purplish red spot near or proximal to middle, 10–25 mm; stamens 8, subequal; ovary 8-grooved; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
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Capsules | 10–30 mm, beak 7–15 mm. |
15–20 mm. |
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Seeds | unknown. |
brown or gray, 0.7–1 mm, scaly, crest 0.1 mm. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Clarkia rostrata |
Clarkia speciosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Oak-pine woodlands. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 500 m. (1600 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA |
California
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Discussion | Clarkia rostrata is known only from the Merced River drainage in the central Sierra Nevada Foothills, including Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, and (barely) Tuolumne counties. Because of its very limited distribution, C. rostrata is listed as rare by the California Native Plant Society. Clarkia rostrata is closely related to C. cylindrica and C. lewisii but can be distinguished readily from both by the conspicuous beak of the capsule. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Oenothera viminea var. parviflora, Godetia parviflora | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | W. S. Davis: Brittonia 22: 281. (1970) | H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 34. (1953) | ||||||||||||||||
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