Flora of North America species comparison

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Clarkia sect. Godetia
Inflorescences

axis erect, or prostrate to decumbent (C. davyi, C. prostrata);

buds erect.
Flowers

floral tube funnelform to obconical, 2–15 mm;

sepals reflexed individually or in pairs;

petals lavender-pink to dark wine-red, shading white or yellow near middle or base, usually purplish red-spotted, obovate to obdeltate, unlobed, claw inconspicuous or absent;

stamens 8, subequal.
Capsules

conspicuously 8-ribbed;

subsessile.

Clarkia sect. Godetia
Distribution
w North America; nw Mexico; w South America
Discussion

Species 7 (6 in the flora).

Clarkia tenella (Cavanilles) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis, with three subspecies, is known from Argentina and Chile, and is the only species of Clarkia not known to occur naturally in North America.

Some of the common cultivars of Clarkia in the horticulture trade are members of sect. Godetia, with their relatively large bowl-shaped flowers, and some cultivars (particularly of C. speciosa) are still on the market as Godetia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms Godetia, C., Oenotheridium
Name authority (Spach) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 283. (1955)
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