Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia rostrata |
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farewell-to-spring, ruby chalice clarkia |
beak clarkia |
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Stems | erect or decumbent, to 150 cm, puberulent; buds erect. |
erect, to 60 cm, puberulent. |
Leaves | petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic, 1–4 cm. |
petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate, 1–6 cm. |
Inflorescences | open or dense spikes or racemes, axis straight; buds erect. |
open racemes, axis recurved at tip in bud; buds pendent. |
Flowers | floral tube 4–10 mm; sepals reflexed together to one side; corolla bowl-shaped, petals pink to lavender, base red or purplish red, fan-shaped, 10–30 mm, apex erose; stamens 8, subequal; ovary cylindrical, 4-grooved, puberulent; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
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. |
Capsules | 20–40 mm; pedicel 0–25(–40) mm. |
10–30 mm, beak 7–15 mm. |
Seeds | brown to grayish brown, 1.2–1.5 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm. |
unknown. |
2n | = 14. |
= 18. |
Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia rostrata |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, forests, chaparral, coastal scrub. | Oak-pine woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) | 500 m. (1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Clarkia rubicunda is known from the central coast of California, from Contra Costa and Marin counties south along the coast and foothills to northern San Luis Obispo County. Clarkia rubicunda is probably a derivative of C. amoena and may be ancestral to C. franciscana. Clarkia rubicunda is distinguishable from some populations of C. amoena only by the absence of a red spot or group of spots near the middle of the petal and the presence of a red area at the base of the petal. Clarkia rubicunda can be distinguished from C. franciscana by the position of the stigma and size and shape of the petals. All three species differ in chromosome arrangement and hybrids are highly sterile. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Rhodanthos > subsect. Primigenia | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Sympherica |
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Synonyms | Godetia rubicunda, C. rubicunda subsp. blasdalei, G. blasdalei | |
Name authority | (Lindley) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Madroño 12: 34. (1953) | W. S. Davis: Brittonia 22: 281. (1970) |
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