Clarkia tembloriensis subsp. tembloriensis
Clarkia sect. Phaeostoma
Temblor Range clarkia
axis recurved or erect;
buds pendent or erect.
petals usually less than 10 mm wide;
stigma exserted beyond anthers or not.
floral tube obconic or campanulate, 1–5(–7) mm;
sepals reflexed together to 1 side (sometimes in pairs in C. epilobioides);
petals lavender, pink purplish, or white, obovate or spatulate to fan-shaped, unlobed or rarely 2-lobed, tapering to claw;
stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers darker pink or purple, inner shorter and pale pink or cream, rarely sterile (C. heterandra);
ovary 4- or 8-grooved or ribbed, or smooth (C. heterandra).
narrowly cylindrical or subfusiform, or rarely broadly subclavate (indehiscent, nutlike capsule in C. heterandra), 4 or 8-grooved or smooth;
sessile or subsessile to long-pedicellate.
= 18.
Clarkia tembloriensis subsp. tembloriensis
Clarkia sect. Phaeostoma
Subspecies tembloriensis is known from the eastern San Francisco Bay area and Inner South Coast Ranges, along the western edge of the Great Valley, from San Joaquin and Alameda counties to Ventura County, with scattered reports from the southern Sierra Nevada Foothills in Kern County.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Species 15 (15 in the flora).
Section Phaeostoma is the largest section in Clarkia, with the 15 species classified in seven subsections. For the most part, these correspond with groups delineated originally by H. Lewis and M. E. Lewis (1955). Within the part of the genus with dimorphic stamens (8 in 2 dissimilar sets that vary in size and color), the species of sect. Phaeostoma have entire petals that taper to a distinct claw. Even though molecular support for sect. Phaeostoma is not strong (R. A. Levin et al. 2004), at this time it seems preferable to stress similarities and maintain this variable group in one section.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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