Clarkia speciosa subsp. speciosa

Synonyms: Godetia parviflora var. luteola C. L. Hitchcock G. parviflora var. margaritae (Jepson) C. L. Hitchcock G. viminea var. margaritae Jepson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.
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Stems erect to decumbent, branches on well-developed plants many, few-flowered. Leaf-blades linear to narrowly lanceolate. Inflorescences open racemes or few-branched panicles. Petals dark purplish red to lavender, ± white or pale-yellow toward base, rarely pale-yellow throughout, usually with bright red spot near middle. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Woodlands.
Elevation: 0–500 m.

Discussion

Subspecies speciosa is known from the South Coast Ranges in Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and scarcely to Ventura counties, and very sporadically in the Tehachapi and southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Kern and Tulare counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis +
straight +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
Oenothera viminea var. parviflora +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
denticulate +  and entire +
linear +  and lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
terete +, 4-angled +, clavate +, fusiform +, cylindrical +  and elongate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
elongated +
inconspicuous +
bowl--shaped +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
0–500 m. +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +
protandrous +  and bisexual +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
terete +, 4-angled +, clavate +, fusiform +, cylindrical +  and elongate +
Woodlands. +
unicellular-papillose +
linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
deciduous +
numerous +  and 1 +
pale-yellow +, red +  and lavender more or less white or pale-yellow +
unlobed +, obovate +  and obdeltate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul. +
well-developed +
red +, lavender +, blue-gray +, yellow +  and cream +
basal +  and cauline +
several +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
gray +  and brown +
few +  and numerous +
sculptured +  and smooth +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
pink +  and purplish red +
deciduous +
in pairs +  and reflexed +
parenchymatous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
1 +, 4 +  and 2 +
unequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
bright red +
proximal +  and middle +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
unbranched +  and sparsely branched +
decumbent +  and prostrate +
erect +  and decumbent +
puberulent +
slender +  and stout +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Godetia parviflora var. luteola +, G. parviflora var. margaritae +  and G. viminea var. margaritae +
Clarkia speciosa subsp. speciosa +
Clarkia speciosa +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
distinct +
short-acute +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +