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Clarkia xantiana subsp. parviflora

Clarkia sect. Fibula
Photo is of parent taxon

Kern Canyon clarkia
Inflorescences

axis erect;

buds pendent.
Flowers

petals lavender-pink or white, 6–12 mm;

stigma not exserted beyond anthers.

floral tube obconic to campanulate, 2–5 mm;

sepals reflexed together to 1 side;

petals pale to pink-lavender or reddish purple, white near base and red-flecked or upper petals with a white-bordered dark spot (C. xantiana), fan-shaped, unlobed or shallowly 2-lobed, with subulate tooth in sinus, claw inconspicuous (conspicuous in C. xantiana);

stamens 8, in 2 unequal sets, outer anthers with lavender to purple pollen, inner shorter, with cream pollen.
Capsules

terete, 4-grooved, or conspicuously 8-ribbed (C. xantiana);

sessile or subsessile to long-pedicellate.
2n

= 18.

Clarkia xantiana subsp. parviflora

Clarkia sect. Fibula
Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Foothill woodlands.
Elevation 1000–1500 m. (3300–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
California
Discussion

Subspecies parviflora has a range similar to that of subsp. xantiana in the southern Sierra Nevada (especially Kern River drainage) and Tehachapi Mountain area in Inyo, Kern, and Tulare counties, and especially the Western Transverse Ranges in Los Angeles and barely San Bernardino counties.

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

Species 3 (3 in the flora).

(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. Fibula > Clarkia xantiana Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Clarkia
Sibling taxa
C. xantiana subsp. xantiana
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms C. parviflora C. subg. xantianae
Name authority (Eastwood) H. Lewis & P. H. Raven: Madroño 39: 168. (1992) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 333. (1955)
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