Clarkia biloba subsp. brandegeeae

(Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis

Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 323. 1955. (as brandegeae)

Common names: Brandegee’s clarkia
Basionym: Godetia dudleyana Abrams forma brandegeeae Jepson Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 2: 334. 1907
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Leaf-blades lanceolate, 5–8 mm wide. Flowers: corolla bowl-shaped to rotate, petals lavender, broadly fan-shaped, length not greater than 1.5 times width, shallowly 2-lobed, lobes usually less than 1/5 petal length, sometimes obscure. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Foothill woodlands.
Elevation: 0–500 m.

Discussion

Subspecies brandegeeae is known from the northern Sierra Nevada Foothills, from Amador to Butte counties, including El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, and Yuba counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
(Jepson) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis +
Godetia dudleyana +
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 +
Brandegee’s clarkia +
bowl-shaped +  and rotate +
inconspicuous +
0–500 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 +
Foothill woodlands. +
unicellular-papillose +
deciduous +
purple +  and darker-pink +
numerous +  and 1 +
red-flecked +, purplish +  and pale-pink lavender or bright pink +
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 Jun–Jul. +
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. brandegeeae +
Clarkia biloba +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
short-acute +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +