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22b. Clarkia purpurea subsp. viminea (Douglas) H. Lewis & M. E. Lewis, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20: 303. 1955.
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Large godetia

Oenothera viminea Douglas, Bot. Mag. 55: plate 2873. 1828; Clarkia viminea (Douglas) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride; Godetia viminea (Douglas) Spach

Leaf blades linear to nar­rowly lanceolate, 3–7 cm. Inflorescences open racemes. Flowers: petals lavender to purple, darker proximally or not, usually with darker spot distally, 15–25 mm; stigma exserted beyond anthers. 2n = 52.

Flowering May–Jul. Open, grassy or shrubby places; 0–500 m; Calif., Oreg.

Subspecies viminea is widespread at low to middle elevations in California and Oregon. It is a morphologically heterogeneous assemblage of popu­lations, all of which are characterized by relatively large flowers with the stigma exserted beyond the anthers.


 

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