Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia unguiculata |
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farewell-to-spring, ruby chalice clarkia |
elegant clarkia, mountain Garland, woodland clarkia |
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Stems | erect or decumbent, to 150 cm, puberulent; buds erect. |
erect, 30–100 cm, glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | petiole to 10 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic, 1–4 cm. |
petiole 0–10 mm; blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1–6 cm. |
Inflorescences | open or dense spikes or racemes, axis straight; buds erect. |
open racemes, sometimes branched, axis erect; 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 2–5 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side, green to dark red, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, with longer, straight, spreading hairs to 3 mm; corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink to salmon or dark reddish purple, triangular or diamond-shaped to suborbiculate, 10–25 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire, rarely somewhat expanded at base; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers red, inner smaller, paler; ovary with hairs as on sepals; stigma exserted beyond anthers. |
Capsules | 20–40 mm; pedicel 0–25(–40) mm. |
15–30 mm. |
Seeds | brown to grayish brown, 1.2–1.5 mm, scaly, crest 0.2 mm. |
brown, 1–1.5 mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous. |
2n | = 14. |
= 18. |
Clarkia rubicunda |
Clarkia unguiculata |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Openings in woodlands, forests, chaparral, coastal scrub. | Woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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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 unguiculata is a widely distributed species in California, and occurs throughout much of the southern two-thirds of the state in appropriate woodland habitats. Clarkia unguiculata is ancestral to C. exilis, C. springvillensis, and C. tembloriensis. It is one of the parents of the tetraploid species C. delicata and may have been involved in the origin of C. heterandra. (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. 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) | Lindley: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 23: sub plate 1981. (1837) |
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