Clarkia xantiana subsp. parviflora

(Eastwood) H. Lewis & P. H. Raven

Madroño 39: 168. 1992.

Common names: Kern Canyon clarkia
Basionym: Clarkia parviflora Eastwood Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 492. 1903
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Flowers: petals lavender-pink or white, 6–12 mm; stigma not exserted beyond anthers. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Foothill woodlands.
Elevation: 1000–1500 m.

Discussion

Subspecies parviflora has a range similar to that of subsp. xantiana in the southern Sierra Nevada (espe­cially Kern River drainage) and Tehachapi Mountain area in Inyo, Kern, and Tulare counties, and especially the Western Transverse Ranges in Los Angeles and barely San Bernardino counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
(Eastwood) H. Lewis & P. H. Raven +
straight +
Clarkia parviflora +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
denticulate +  and entire +
linear +  and lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
subsessile +  and long-pedicellate +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
elongated +
inconspicuous +
Kern Canyon clarkia +
1000–1500 m. +
basifixed +  and versatile +
obconic +  and campanulate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
protandrous +  and bisexual +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
terete +, 4-angled +, clavate +, fusiform +, cylindrical +  and elongate +
Foothill woodlands. +
unicellular-papillose +
deciduous +
lavender +  and purple +
numerous +  and 1 +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
white +  and lavender-pink +
2-lobed +  and clawed +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jun. +
cream +, lavender +  and purple +
basal +  and cauline +
several +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
few +  and numerous +
tuberculate +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
pink +  and purplish red +
deciduous +
0 +  and 1 +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
1 +, 4 +  and 2 +
unequal +
unequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
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 +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Clarkia subg. Xantianae +
Clarkia xantiana subsp. parviflora +
Clarkia xantiana +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
short-acute +
subulate +
2-lobed +, unlobed +  and fan--shaped +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +