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10. Clarkia borealis E. Small, Canad. J. Bot. 49: 1215, figs. 2B, 3A,B. 1971.
[C E]
Northern clarkia
Stems erect, to 100 cm, puberulent. Leaves: petiole 15–40 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, 2–6 cm. Inflorescences open racemes, axis recurved only at tip in bud, straight 4+ nodes distal to open flowers; buds pendent, fusiform, base slightly swollen, tip acute. Flowers: floral tube 2–4 mm; sepals reflexed individually; corolla rotate, petals lavender-pink, often dark-flecked, obdeltate to suborbiculate, unlobed, 13–19 ×7–12 mm, length 1.6–2 times width; stamens 8, subequal, subtended by ciliate scales, pollen blue-gray; ovary shallowly 4-grooved, puberulent; stigma exserted beyond anthers. Capsules 20–30 mm; pedicel 0–3 mm. Seeds light brown or mottled with dark spots, 1.5–2.5 mm, minutely tuberculate, crest 0.2 mm.
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora): California.
Clarkia borealis is closely related, and possibly ancestral, to C. mildrediae. The two species can be distinguished most readily by the degree of curvature of the inflorescence and the petal color.
Lower Taxa
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