Clarkia speciosa subsp. speciosa
Clarkia sect. Godetia
red spot clarkia
erect to decumbent, branches on well-developed plants many, few-flowered.
blades linear to narrowly lanceolate.
open racemes or few-branched panicles.
axis erect, or prostrate to decumbent (C. davyi, C. prostrata);
buds erect.
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.
conspicuously 8-ribbed;
subsessile.
dark purplish red to lavender, ± white or pale yellow toward base, rarely pale yellow throughout, usually with bright red spot near middle.
= 18.
Clarkia speciosa subsp. speciosa
Clarkia sect. Godetia
Subspecies speciosa is known from the South Coast Ranges in Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and scarcely to Ventura counties, and very sporadically in the Tehachapi and southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Kern and Tulare counties.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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.)
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