Clarkia bottae 0
Author: (Édouard Spach (1801-1879)) Frank Harlan Lewis (1919-2008) & Margaret Ensign Lewis (1919-)Family: Onagraceae Subfamily: Onagroideae Tribe: Onagreae
Genus: Clarkia
Synonym(s): Godetia bottae
English name: Botta's fairyfan
Zone: California
Description
Clarkia bottae is known from the Outer South Coast Ranges from Monterey and San Benito to Santa Barbara counties, throughout southwestern California, and more sporadically in the southern Sierra Nevada in Fresno and Kern counties. Reports from Del Norte, Madera, and Napa counties have not been verified. It grows in chaparral, woodlands and coastal scrub.
Botanical Description
The stems are erect, to 100cm, glabrous, glaucous, rarely puberulent. The leaf petiole is to 5mm. The blade is narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 3-10cm.
The inflorescences are open racemes, axis straight in bud. The buds are pendent. The floral-tube is 2-3mm. The sepals are reflexed together to 1 side. The corolla is bowl-shaped, petals pale lavender to pinkish lavender, often white toward base, usually red-flecked, unlobed, 15-30mm. It has 8 stamens, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler. The ovary is obscurely 4-grooved. The stigma is exserted beyond anthers.
The capsules are 30-40mm. The pedicel is 0-30mm. The seeds are brown or gray, 1.2-1.8mm, papillose, crest 0.2mm.
References
- Flora of North America. Clarkia bottae
- The Jepson Manual, Jepson, Willis Linn. 1993. ISBN
The inflorescences are open racemes, axis straight in bud. The buds are pendent. The floral-tube is 2-3mm. The sepals are reflexed together to 1 side. The corolla is bowl-shaped, petals pale lavender to pinkish lavender, often white toward base, usually red-flecked, unlobed, 15-30mm. It has 8 stamens, unequal, outer anthers lavender, inner smaller, paler. The ovary is obscurely 4-grooved. The stigma is exserted beyond anthers.
The capsules are 30-40mm. The pedicel is 0-30mm. The seeds are brown or gray, 1.2-1.8mm, papillose, crest 0.2mm.
References
- Flora of North America. Clarkia bottae
- The Jepson Manual, Jepson, Willis Linn. 1993. ISBN
References for the genus
General specifications
Annual or Biennial plant
Biological type: plant
Frost resistance: 5ºF
Leaf color: green gray
Flower color: lila
Reproduction mode: hermaphrodite plant whoes flowers produce both male and female gametes
Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 1,6ft x 1,3ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h Foliage: deciduous
Growth: fast
Flowering time from April until May
Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 20%Compost+40%Clay+40%Sand
Plant watering: 1x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Perennials; forestry plate 8cm, 1L container, 2L forestry pot, 6L container, 55L container
Propagation is done by root division
Ecology in its country of origin
Rainfall: 200-600mm
Frost resistance: 5ºF
Leaf color: green gray
Flower color: lila
Reproduction mode: hermaphrodite plant whoes flowers produce both male and female gametes
Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 1,6ft x 1,3ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h Foliage: deciduous
Growth: fast
Flowering time from April until May
Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 20%Compost+40%Clay+40%Sand
Plant watering: 1x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Perennials; forestry plate 8cm, 1L container, 2L forestry pot, 6L container, 55L container
Propagation is done by root division
Ecology in its country of origin
Rainfall: 200-600mm
Sowing instructions
SPRING Sow the seeds on the surface of Well Drained Seed Sowing Mix between 64-72°F. During germination keep the substrate moist and in daylight.
Germination references
- A long term test of seed longevity, Went, F. W. and Munz, P. A. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany 1949 Vol. 2(1) pag. 63-75. Address
- A long term test of seed longevity. II, Went, F. W. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany 1969 Vol. 7(1) pag. 1-12. Address
Germination references for the genus
- The mechanism of evolution in the genus Clarkia, Lewis, Harlan. Evolution 1953 pag. 1-20. DOI
Germination references
- A long term test of seed longevity, Went, F. W. and Munz, P. A. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany 1949 Vol. 2(1) pag. 63-75. Address
- A long term test of seed longevity. II, Went, F. W. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany 1969 Vol. 7(1) pag. 1-12. Address
Germination references for the genus
- The mechanism of evolution in the genus Clarkia, Lewis, Harlan. Evolution 1953 pag. 1-20. DOI
Experiences in the garden
07-03-23A Obtaining seeds from seed provider Libertos collected in '....'. (Cultivated from unknown origin)
08-04-24 Sown 80 seeds in a seed plate ½, they did not geminate in Serre5.
Protocol: Spring Surface Sowing mix+Sand 64-72°F Damp substrate+Light