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Clarkia tembloriensis calientensis (Clarkia tembloriensis calientensis)

Description

Clarkia tembloriensis is an erect annual herb exceeding 0.5 metres 1.6 ft in maximum height. The lance-shaped leaves are gray-green in color and waxy, reaching 7 centimeters long.The inflorescence has open flowers and hanging closed buds. The fuzzy greenish sepals stay fused together as the petals bloom from one side. The herbage may be tinted with red.The flower petals have diamond-shaped blades at the end of long claws. They are pinkish-lavender, sometimes with a large purple spot near the base. There are 8 stamens, some with large red or purple anthers and some with smaller, paler anthers.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Onagraceae

              • Genus: Clarkia