Clarkia speciosa subsp. speciosa
Clarkia speciosa subsp. polyantha
red spot clarkia
red spot clarkia
erect to decumbent, branches on well-developed plants many, few-flowered.
erect, branches on well-developed plants few, virgate, many-flowered.
blades linear to narrowly lanceolate.
blades linear to narrowly lanceolate.
open racemes or few-branched panicles.
open racemes or panicles.
dark purplish red to lavender, ± white or pale yellow toward base, rarely pale yellow throughout, usually with bright red spot near middle.
purple or lavender, usually lighter toward base, with a purplish red spot near middle.
= 18.
= 18.
Clarkia speciosa subsp. speciosa
Clarkia speciosa subsp. polyantha
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.)
Subspecies polyantha is relatively common in Fresno, Kern, Madera, and Tulare counties in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada, and is uncommon in the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern and Los Angeles counties. A report from Riverside County (cited in Calflora) is erroneous.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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