Flora of North America species comparison

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Clarkia speciosa subsp. immaculata

Clarkia speciosa subsp. nitens
Photo is of parent taxon

pismo clarki, pismo clarkia
Photo is of parent taxon

red spot clarkia
Stems

decumbent, branches on well-developed plants few-flowered.

erect.
Leaf

blades linear to narrowly lanceolate.

blades lanceolate.
Inflorescences

dense racemes.
Inflores

-cences open racemes.

Petals

lavender to pink shading pale yellow or white in proximal 1/2, unspotted.

lavender shading pale yellow proximally or pale yellow throughout, with red spot near or proximal to middle.
2n

= 18.

= 18.

Clarkia speciosa subsp. immaculata

Clarkia speciosa subsp. nitens
Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Sandy hills near coast. Woodlands.
Elevation 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies immaculata, known only from a small portion of San Luis Obispo County, is designated as rare by the California Native Plant Society.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Subspecies nitens is known from the Central Valley and foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada from San Joaquin to Tulare counties, with a few collections reported in Kern and San Bernardino counties; it intergrades particularly with subsp. polyantha in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills.

(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. Godetia > Clarkia speciosa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Godetia > Clarkia speciosa
Sibling taxa
C. speciosa subsp. nitens, C. speciosa subsp. polyantha, C. speciosa subsp. speciosa
C. speciosa subsp. immaculata, C. speciosa subsp. polyantha, C. speciosa subsp. speciosa
Synonyms C. nitens
Name authority H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 291. (1955) (H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis) H. Lewis & P. H. Raven: Madroño 39: 166. (1992)
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