Stems decumbent to suberect, to 100 cm. Inflorescences con­gested spikes; bracts narrowly lanceolate; internodes shorter than subtending flowers. Flowers: petals usually with bright red spot mid-blade, 20–35 mm; ovary cylindrical, 2–5 mm wide, 4-grooved; stigma exserted beyond anthers. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Open slopes and bluffs near coast.
Elevation: 0–100 m.

Discussion

Subsp. amoena is found primarily in the North Coast and North Coast Ranges, and in the San Francisco Bay and Central Coast regions south to Monterey County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

notched +
Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
(Lehmann) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride +
straight +
Oenothera amoena +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
denticulate +  and entire +
lanceolate +
pedicellate +, sessile +, 8-ribbed +  and 4-grooved +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
elongated +
inconspicuous +
bowl--shaped +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0–100 m. +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
protandrous +  and bisexual +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
terete +, 4-angled +, clavate +, fusiform +, cylindrical +  and elongate +
Open slopes and bluffs near coast. +
unicellular-papillose +
deciduous +
cylindrical +
2mm +  and 5mm +
numerous +  and 1 +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
pale-pink +  and lavender +
not lobed +, obovate +  and fan-shaped +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
red +, lavender +, blue-gray +, yellow +  and cream +
basal +  and cauline +
several +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
brown +  and grayish brown +
few +  and numerous +
sculptured +  and smooth +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
pink +  and purplish red +
deciduous +
0 +  and 1 +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
1 +, 4 +  and 2 +
unequal +
subequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
unbranched +  and sparsely branched +
decumbent +  and prostrate +
decumbent +  and suberect +
puberulent +
slender +  and stout +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
not +  and exserted +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Godetia amoena +
Clarkia amoena subsp. amoena +
Clarkia amoena +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
short-acute +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +