Clarkia tembloriensis

Vasek

Madroño 17: 220. 1964.

Common names: Temblor Range clarkia
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Stems erect, to 80 cm, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves: petiole 0–5 mm; blade gray-green, lan­ceolate, 2–7 cm, surfaces glaucous. Inflorescences open racemes, axis erect; buds pendent. Flowers: floral-tube 2–3 mm; sepals reflexed together to 1 side, green, red-tinged or not, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, without longer, spreading hairs; corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink, spot purplish or absent, ± diamond-shaped, 10–25 mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire; stamens 8, unequal, outer anthers lavender to red, inner smaller, paler; ovary with hairs as on sepals; stigma exserted or not beyond anthers. Capsules 15–30 mm. Seeds unknown.

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Clarkia tembloriensis is derived from C. unguiculata and is closely related to C. exilis and C. springvillensis. Hybrids between the subspecies of C. tembloriensis have low fertility and the two taxa are rarely found together.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Petals usually less than 10 mm wide; stigmas exserted beyond anthers or not. Clarkia tembloriensis subsp. tembloriensis
1 . Clarkia tembloriensis subsp. calientensis
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Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
Phaeostoma spach +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
denticulate +  and entire +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
subsessile +  and long-pedicellate +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
subclavate +, subfusiform +  and cylindrical +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
elongated +
slender +
Temblor Range clarkia +
California. +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
campanulate +  and obconic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
not +  and protandrous +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
terete +, 4-angled +, clavate +, fusiform +, cylindrical +  and elongate +
unicellular-papillose +
deciduous +
lavender +  and red +
numerous +  and 1 +
spot purplish +  and lavender-pink +
diamond--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 /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
red +, lavender +, blue-gray +, yellow +  and cream +
basal +  and cauline +
several +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
few +  and numerous +
sculptured +  and smooth +
not +, red-tinged +  and green +
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 +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
slender +  and stout +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
not +  and exserted +
subequal +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Gauropsis c. +
Clarkia tembloriensis +
Clarkia subsect. Phaeostoma +
species +
3(-5)-aperturate +
short-acute +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +
purplish red +