Clarkia unguiculata (Elegant Clarkia)

  

4/23/05 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco,

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

4/9/05 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco,

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

4/23/05 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco,

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

 4/23/05 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco,

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

5/7/05 Pentachaeta Trail, Santa Monica Mountains, 

Los Angeles County, CA 

4/30/00 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco,

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Elegant Clarkia

SPECIES: Clarkia unguiculata

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/30/2000

LOCATION: Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

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Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Stem: erect, < 1 m, glabrous, glaucous. 

Leaf: petiole 0--1 cm; blade 1--6 cm, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate. 

Inflorescence: axis in bud straight; buds reflexed. 

Flower: hypanthium 2--5 mm; sepals staying fused in 4s, green to dark red, sparsely to densely puberulent and with longer, straight, spreading hairs < 3 mm; corolla rotate, petals 1--2.5 cm, lavender-pink to salmon or dark red-purple, claw >= blade, slender, blade triangular or diamond-shaped to +- round; stamens 8, outer anthers red, inner << outer, paler; ovary 8-grooved, hairs as on sepals, stigma exserted beyond anthers. 

Ecology: Common. Woodland; 

Elevation: < 1500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NCoR, s CaRF, SN, ScV (Sutter Buttes), SnJV, s CCo, SnFrB, SCoR, SCo, ChI, TR, PR. 

Flowering Time: Apr--Sep 

eFlora Treatment Author: Harlan Lewis