familyOnagraceae
subfamilyOnagraceae subfam. Onagroideae
tribeOnagraceae tribe Onagreae
genusClarkia
sectionClarkia sect. Fibula
speciesClarkia xantiana
subspeciesClarkia xantiana subsp. parviflora

Clarkia xantiana subsp. parviflora

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

Madroño 39: 168. 1992.

Harlan Lewis†, Peter C. Hoch
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.

Distribution

Calif.

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.
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2n chromosome quantity
18 +
Androecium position
epigynous +
Anther fixation
fixed +
Author
Harlan Lewis† +  and Peter C. Hoch +
Authority
(Eastwood) H. Lewis & P. H. Raven +
Axis course
straight +
Axis orientation
erect +
Basal leaf arrangement
alternate +
Basal nectary life cycle
anthesis +
Basionyms
Clarkia parviflora +
Beak reproduction
sterile +
Berry architecture or shape
nutlike +
Berry dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Blade margin shape
denticulate +  and entire +
Blade shape
linear +  and lanceolate +
Blade some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Bud orientation
pendent +
Capsule architecture
subsessile +  and long-pedicellate +
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
terete +
Capsule some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Carpel quantity
Many (?) +
Cel length
elongated +
Cel reproduction
vegetative +
Claw prominence
inconspicuous +
Common name
Kern Canyon clarkia +
Corolla shape
rotate +
Crest size
minute +
Distribution
Calif. +
Elevation
1000–1500 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 +
Floral-tube duration
deciduous +
Floral-tube presence
absent +
Floral-tube quantity
, +
Floral-tube shape
obconic +  and campanulate +
Floral-tube some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 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
Foothill woodlands. +
Herb architecture
caulescent +
Herb duration
annual +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Inner anther coloration
paler +
Inner anther height or length or size
shorter +
Inner anther size
smaller +
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 +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer anther coloration
lavender +  and purple +
Ovary architecture
8-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) +
Pedicel some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Perianth position
epigynous +
Petal arrangement
imbricate +
Petal arrangement or shape
convolute +
Petal coloration
white +  and lavender-pink +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
4 +
Petal shape
2-lobed +  and clawed +
Petal some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Petiole height or length or size
usually shorter +
Petiole some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering May–Jun. +
Pollen-grain dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Pollen arrangement
singly +
Pollen coloration
cream +, lavender +  and purple +
Polyad arrangement
singly +
Publication title
Madroño +
Publication year
1992 +
Purple-spot coloration
dark reddish +
Purple-spot position relational
white-surrounded +
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
brown +
Seed quantity
few +  and numerous +
Seed relief
tuberculate +
Seed some measurement
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Seeds; cel crest quantity
7 +
Seeds; cel crest relief
tuberculate +
Sepal arrangement
singly +
Sepal arrangement or dehiscence
valvate +
Sepal coloration
pink +  and purplish red +
Sepal duration
deciduous +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal orientation
reflexed +
Sepal quantity
0 +  and 1 +
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 size
unequal +
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
8 +
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
erect +
Stem pubescence
glaucous +  and glabrous +
Stem size
slender +  and stout +
Stem some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
Stigma position
not +  and exserted +
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. Xantianae +
Taxon family
Onagraceae +
Taxon name
Clarkia xantiana subsp. parviflora +
Taxon parent
Clarkia xantiana +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Tetrad arrangement
singly +
Tetrad dehiscence
3(-5)-aperturate +
Tip reproduction
sterile +
Tip shape
short-acute +
Tooth shape
subulate +
Upper petal coloration
red-flecked +
Upper petal shape
2-lobed +, unlobed +  and fan--shaped +
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 +