Flora of North America species comparison

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Clarkia sect. Rhodanthos
Inflorescences

axis recurved or straight and erect;

buds pendent or erect.
Flowers

floral tube obconic, 1–10 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

petals usually pink to lavender or light purple, rarely white, usually with red spot near middle or a red zone at base, obovate to fan-shaped, unlobed, claw inconspicuous or absent;

stamens 8, subequal.
Capsules

4-angled, 4-grooved or 8-ribbed;

sessile or pedicellate.

Clarkia sect. Rhodanthos
Distribution
w North America
Discussion

Species 6 (6 in the flora).

(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 Oenothera section rhodanthos
Name authority (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) P. H. Raven: Brittonia 16: 287. (1964)
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