familyOnagraceae
subfamilyOnagraceae subfam. Onagroideae
tribeOnagraceae tribe Onagreae
genusClarkia
sectionClarkia sect. Eucharidium
speciesClarkia breweri

Clarkia breweri

(A. Gray) Greene

Pittonia 1: 141. 1887.

Harlan Lewis†, Peter C. Hoch
Common names: Brewer’s clarkia fairy fans
Basionym: Eucharidium breweri A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 532. 1865
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.
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Stems erect or decumbent, to 20 cm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Leaves: petiole to 20 mm; blade linear to lance­olate, 2–5 cm. Inflorescences racemes, axis straight or re­curved; buds pendent. Flowers: floral-tube 20–35 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side, not petallike, green to magenta; corolla rotate, petals pink, broadly fan-shaped, 15–25 mm, length equal to width, with­out claw, 3-lobed, middle lobe longer and much nar­rower, linear to oblanceolate; stamens 4, filaments wider distally; ovary inconspicuously grooved; stigma exserted beyond anthers. Capsules 15–40 mm; subsessile. Seeds reddish-brown, 2–3 mm, scaly-tuberculate, crest to 0.8 mm, conspicuous. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Woodlands, chaparral.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.

Distribution

Calif.

Discussion

Clarkia breweri is restricted to dry woodlands and chaparral west of the Central Valley from the San Francisco Bay area into the southern Coast Ranges in Fresno, Monterey, and San Benito counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"equal" is not a number.

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2n chromosome quantity
14 +
Androecium position
epigynous +
Anther fixation
fixed +
Author
Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
Authority
(A. Gray) Greene +
Axis course
curved +, re +  and straight +
Axis orientation
recurved +  and suberect +
Basal leaf arrangement
alternate +
Basal nectary life cycle
anthesis +
Basionyms
Eucharidium breweri +
Beak reproduction
sterile +
Berry architecture or shape
nutlike +
Berry dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade margin shape
denticulate +  and entire +
Blade some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Bud orientation
pendent +
Capsule architecture
subsessile +
Capsule architecture or shape
nutlike +
Capsule condition or texture
dry +
Capsule course
curved +  and straight +
Capsule dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Capsule height or length or size
short +
Capsule shape
subterete +
Capsule some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Carpel quantity
Many (?) +
Cel length
elongated +
Cel reproduction
vegetative +
Claw shape
not lobed +
Claw size
slender +
Common name
Brewer’s clarkia +  and fairy fans +
Corolla shape
rotate +
Crest prominence
conspicuous +
Crest some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Distribution
Calif. +
Elevation
0–1000 m. +
Embryo-sac coating
oily +
Embryo-sac course
straight +
Embryo-sac presence
absent +
Embryo coating
oily +
Embryo course
straight +
Embryo presence
absent +
Endosperm coating
oily +
Endosperm course
straight +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Filament architecture
dithecal +
Filament fixation
basifixed +  and versatile +
Filament fusion
distinct +
Filament shape
filiform +
Filament size
expanded +
Filament width
wider +
Floral-tube duration
deciduous +
Floral-tube presence
absent +
Floral-tube quantity
, +
Floral-tube shape
tubular +
Floral-tube some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Flower architecture
actinomorphic +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower part duration
deciduous +
Flower part life cycle
anthesis +
Flower reproduction
protandrous +  and bisexual +
Fruit architecture
pedicellate +  and sessile +
Fruit architecture or shape
nutlike +
Fruit course
curved +  and straight +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Fruit height or length or size
short +
Fruit shape
terete +, 4-angled +, clavate +, fusiform +, cylindrical +  and elongate +
Habitat
Woodlands, chaparral. +
Herb architecture
caulescent +
Herb duration
annual +
Illustration
Present +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Inner surface condition or texture
dry +
Inner surface relief
unicellular-papillose +
Leaf architecture
simple +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf duration
deciduous +
Leaf position
cauline +
Lobe quantity
Many (?) +
Locule quantity
many +
Middle lobe length or size
longer +
Middle lobe shape
linear +  and oblanceolate +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
grooved +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
4-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule architecture
bitegmic +
Ovule arrangement or growth form
clustered +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
numerous +  and 1 +
Pair quantity
0 (1) +
Perianth position
epigynous +
Petal arrangement
imbricate +
Petal arrangement or shape
convolute +
Petal coloration
pink +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
4 +
Petal shape
3-lobed +  and fan--shaped +
Petal some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Petiole height or length or size
usually shorter +
Petiole some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
Pollen-grain dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Pollen arrangement
singly +
Pollen coloration
red +, lavender +, blue-gray +, yellow +  and cream +
Polyad arrangement
singly +
Publication title
Pittonia +
Publication year
1887 +
Raphide quantity
abundant +
Reference
None +
Rosette position
basal +  and cauline +
Row quantity
several +  and 1 +
Scale pubescence
hairy +
Secretion condition
wet +
Secretion condition or texture
dry +
Secretion relief
papillate +
Secretion shape
clavate +  and globose +
Seed coloration
reddish-brown +
Seed quantity
few +  and numerous +
Seed relief
scaly-tuberculate +
Seed some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Seeds; cel crest quantity
7 +
Seeds; cel crest relief
tuberculate +
Sepal arrangement
singly +
Sepal arrangement or dehiscence
valvate +
Sepal coloration
green +  and magenta +
Sepal duration
deciduous +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal orientation
reflexed +
Sepal quantity
0 +  and 1 +
Sepal shape
not petallike +
Septum architecture
parenchymatous +
Septum arrangement
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
Septum presence
absent +
Septum width
thin +
Series length or size
longer +
Series quantity
1 +, 4 +  and 2 +
Series size
unequal +
Series variability
equal +
Set length or size
longer +
Set quantity
2 +
Set variability
equal +
Shrub architecture
unarmed +
Shrub growth form
not clonal +
Shrub habitat
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Slit dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Spike architecture
leafy +
Stamen quantity
4 +
Stamen size or quantity
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
Stem architecture
unbranched +  and sparsely branched +
Stem growth form or orientation
decumbent +  and prostrate +
Stem orientation
decumbent +  and erect +
Stem pubescence
puberulent +  and glabrous +
Stem size
slender +  and stout +
Stem some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma shape
4-lobed +
Stigma structure in adjective form
commissural +
Stipule architecture
petiolate +  and sessile +
Stipule duration
caducous +
Stipule position
intrapetiolar +
Stipule presence
absent +
Stipule size
small +
Style quantity
1 +
Subshrub architecture
unarmed +
Subshrub growth form
not clonal +
Subshrub habitat
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Synonyms
Clarkia subg. Eucharidium +
Taxon family
Onagraceae +
Taxon name
Clarkia breweri +
Taxon parent
Clarkia sect. Eucharidium +
Taxon rank
species +
Tetrad arrangement
singly +
Tetrad dehiscence
3(-5)-aperturate +
Tip reproduction
sterile +
Tip shape
short-acute +
Viscin thread dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Viscin thread fusion
united +
Volume
Volume 10 +
Wing architecture
smooth +  and erose +
Wing condition or texture
dry +
Wing relief
papillate +
Wing width
thick +