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Clarkia tembloriensis

Temblor Range clarkia
Stems

erect, to 80 cm, glabrous, glaucous.
Leaves

petiole 0–5 mm;

blade gray-green, lanceolate, 2–7 cm, surfaces glaucous.
Inflorescences

open racemes, axis erect;

buds pendent.
Flowers

floral tube 2–3 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side, green, red-tinged or not, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, without longer, spreading hairs;

corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink, spot purplish or absent, ± diamond-shaped, 10–25 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire;

stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender to red, inner smaller, paler;

ovary with hairs as on sepals;

stigma exserted or not beyond anthers.
Capsules

15–30 mm.
Seeds

unknown.

Clarkia tembloriensis
Distribution
from USDA
California
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Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Clarkia tembloriensis is derived from C. unguiculata and is closely related to C. exilis and C. springvillensis. Hybrids between the subspecies of C. tembloriensis have low fertility and the two taxa are rarely found together.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Petals usually less than 10 mm wide; stigmas exserted beyond anthers or not.
subsp. tembloriensis
1. Petals about 10 mm wide; stigmas not exserted beyond anthers.
subsp. calientensis
Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia > sect. Phaeostoma > subsect. Phaeostoma
Sibling taxa
C. affinis, C. amoena, C. arcuata, C. australis, C. biloba, C. borealis, C. bottae, C. breweri, C. concinna, C. cylindrica, C. davyi, C. delicata, C. dudleyana, C. epilobioides, C. exilis, C. franciscana, C. gracilis, C. heterandra, C. imbricata, C. jolonensis, C. lassenensis, C. lewisii, C. lingulata, C. mildrediae, C. modesta, C. mosquinii, C. prostrata, C. pulchella, C. purpurea, C. rhomboidea, C. rostrata, C. rubicunda, C. similis, C. speciosa, C. springvillensis, C. stellata, C. unguiculata, C. virgata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana
Subordinate taxa
C. tembloriensis subsp. calientensis, C. tembloriensis subsp. tembloriensis
Name authority Vasek: Madroño 17: 220. (1964)
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