Clarkia biloba subsp. australis

H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis

Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 322, fig. 17b. 1955.

Common names: Mariposa clarkia
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Leaf-blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2–6 mm wide. Flowers: corolla rotate, petals bright pink to magenta, nar­rowly fan-shaped, length greater than 1.5 times width, 2-lobed, lobes usually 1/5–1/3 petal length. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Chapar-ral, woodlands.
Elevation: 300–500 m.

Discussion

Subspecies australis is known from the foothills of the south-central Sierra Nevada, mainly in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties, less commonly in Calaveras and El Dorado counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis +
Oenothera biloba +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
denticulate +  and entire +
linear +  and lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
subsessile +  and long-pedicellate +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
subclavate +, subfusiform +  and cylindrical +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
elongated +
Mariposa clarkia +
inconspicuous +
300–500 m. +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
campanulate +  and obconic +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
terete +, 4-angled +, clavate +, fusiform +, cylindrical +  and elongate +
Chapar-ral, woodlands. +
unicellular-papillose +
linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
deciduous +
purple +  and darker-pink +
numerous +  and 1 +
bright pink +  and magenta +
2-lobed +  and fan--shaped +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jun. +
red +, lavender +, blue-gray +, yellow +  and cream +
Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. +
basal +  and cauline +
several +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
minutely scaly +  and puberulent +
few +  and numerous +
sculptured +  and smooth +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
pink +  and purplish red +
deciduous +
0 +  and 1 +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
1 +, 4 +  and 2 +
unequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
unequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
unbranched +  and sparsely branched +
decumbent +  and prostrate +
slender +  and stout +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Godetia biloba +
Clarkia biloba subsp. australis +
Clarkia biloba +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
short-acute +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +