Clarkia subsect. Primigenia

H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis

Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 261. 1955.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Inflorescences: axis straight, erect; buds erect. Flowers: ovary usually 4-grooved, rarely 8-grooved (C. amoena subsp. whitneyi), not wider distally.

Distribution

w North America

Discussion

Species 3 (3 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis +
straight +
Oenothera sect. Rhodanthos +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
denticulate +  and entire +
pedicellate +, sessile +, 8-ribbed +  and 4-grooved +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
elongated +
inconspicuous +
w North America +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 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 +
unicellular-papillose +
deciduous +
8-grooved +  and 4-grooved +
numerous +  and 1 +
white +, usually pink +  and lavender or light purple +
unlobed +, obovate +  and fan-shaped +
red +, lavender +, blue-gray +, yellow +  and cream +
Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. +
basal +  and cauline +
several +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
few +  and numerous +
sculptured +  and smooth +
pink +  and purplish red +
deciduous +
0 +  and 1 +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
1 +, 4 +  and 2 +
unequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
unbranched +  and sparsely branched +
decumbent +  and prostrate +
slender +  and stout +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Clarkia subsect. Primigenia +
Clarkia sect. Rhodanthos +
subsection +
3(-5)-aperturate +
short-acute +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +