Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia similis |
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farewell-to-spring, ruby chalice clarkia |
Ramona clarkia |
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Stems | erect or decumbent, to 150 cm, puberulent; buds erect. |
erect, 30–90 cm, puberulent. |
Leaves | petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic, 1–4 cm. |
petiole to 8 mm; blade narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, 2–4 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 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side; corolla rotate to bowl-shaped, petals pale pink shading nearly white near base, purple-flecked, fading pink, oblanceolate or obovate to diamond-shaped, 6–10 mm; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers dark pink, inner smaller, paler; ovary shallowly 8-grooved. |
Capsules | 20–40 mm; pedicel 0–25(–40) mm. |
15–30 mm; subsessile. |
Seeds | brown to grayish brown, 1.2–1.5 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm. |
brown, 1 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous. |
2n | = 14. |
= 34. |
Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia similis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, forests, chaparral, coastal scrub. | Shady sites, oak woodlands, chaparral. |
Elevation | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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 similis is known from southwestern California and northern Baja California, Mexico, mainly in the South Coast, Transverse, and Peninsular ranges, from Monterey and San Benito counties in the north to San Diego County in the south. Reports from the Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills in Kern County and the Sacramento Valley in Tehama County are not confirmed. Clarkia similis is a tetraploid species derived through polyploidization following hybridization between C. epilobioides and C. modesta. (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. Prognatae |
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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) | H. Lewis & W. R. Ernst: Madroño 12: 89. (1953) |
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