Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia tembloriensis |
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farewell-to-spring, ruby chalice clarkia |
Temblor Range clarkia |
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Stems | erect or decumbent, to 150 cm, puberulent; buds erect. |
erect, to 80 cm, glabrous, glaucous. |
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Leaves | petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic, 1–4 cm. |
petiole 0–5 mm; blade gray-green, lanceolate, 2–7 cm, surfaces glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | open or dense spikes or racemes, axis straight; buds erect. |
open racemes, axis erect; buds pendent. |
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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 2–3 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side, green, red-tinged or not, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, without longer, spreading hairs; corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink, spot purplish or absent, ± diamond-shaped, 10–25 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender to red, inner smaller, paler; ovary with hairs as on sepals; stigma exserted or not beyond anthers. |
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Capsules | 20–40 mm; pedicel 0–25(–40) mm. |
15–30 mm. |
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Seeds | brown to grayish brown, 1.2–1.5 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia tembloriensis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | |||||
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, forests, chaparral, coastal scrub. | |||||
Elevation | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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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.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Clarkia tembloriensis is derived from C. unguiculata and is closely related to C. exilis and C. springvillensis. Hybrids between the subspecies of C. tembloriensis have low fertility and the two taxa are rarely found together. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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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. Phaeostoma | ||||
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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) | Vasek: Madroño 17: 220. (1964) | ||||
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