Clarkia unguiculata 0
Author: John Lindley (1799-1865)Family: Onagraceae Subfamily: Onagroideae Tribe: Onagreae
Genus: Clarkia
English name: Mountain garland
Zone: California
Description
Clarkia unguiculata is a widely distributed species in California, and occurs throughout much of the southern two-thirds of the state in appropriate woodland habitats at an elevation of 0-1500m.
Botanical Description
The stems are erect, 30-100cm, glabrous, glaucous. The leaf petiole is 0-10mm. The blade is lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 1-6cm.
The inflorescences are open racemes, sometimes branched, axis erect. The buds are pendent. The floral-tube is 2-5mm. The sepals are reflexed together to 1 side, green to dark red, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, with longer, straight, spreading hairs to 3mm. The corolla is rotate, petals lavender-pink to salmon or dark reddish purple, triangular or diamond-shaped to suborbiculate, 10-25mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire, rarely somewhat expanded at base. It has 8 stamens, unequal, outer anthers red, inner smaller, paler. The ovary is with hairs as on the sepals. The stigma is exserted beyond anthers.
The capsules are 15-30mm. The seeds are brown, 1-1.5mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous.
References
- Flora of North America. Clarkia unguiculata
- The Jepson Manual, Jepson, Willis Linn. 1993. ISBN
The inflorescences are open racemes, sometimes branched, axis erect. The buds are pendent. The floral-tube is 2-5mm. The sepals are reflexed together to 1 side, green to dark red, sparsely to densely puberulent abaxially, with longer, straight, spreading hairs to 3mm. The corolla is rotate, petals lavender-pink to salmon or dark reddish purple, triangular or diamond-shaped to suborbiculate, 10-25mm, claw slender, equal to or longer than blade, entire, rarely somewhat expanded at base. It has 8 stamens, unequal, outer anthers red, inner smaller, paler. The ovary is with hairs as on the sepals. The stigma is exserted beyond anthers.
The capsules are 15-30mm. The seeds are brown, 1-1.5mm, tuberculate, crest inconspicuous.
References
- Flora of North America. Clarkia unguiculata
- The Jepson Manual, Jepson, Willis Linn. 1993. ISBN
References for the genus
General specifications
Annual or Biennial plant
Biological type: shrub
Frost resistance: 23ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: red
Reproduction mode: hermaphrodite plant whoes flowers produce both male and female gametes
Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 1,9ft x 0,9ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h Foliage: evergreen
Growth: fast
Flowering time from May until July
Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 30%Compost+30%Coco+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x 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: 500-1000mm
Frost resistance: 23ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: red
Reproduction mode: hermaphrodite plant whoes flowers produce both male and female gametes
Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 1,9ft x 0,9ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h Foliage: evergreen
Growth: fast
Flowering time from May until July
Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 30%Compost+30%Coco+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x 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: 500-1000mm
Sowing instructions
SPRING Sow the seeds on the surface of Well Drained Seed Sowing Mix and pouwder with 2mm Charcoal powder between 64-72°F. During germination keep the substrate moist and in daylight. The seeds germinate in 1-2 weeks.
The average seed weight is 3125,0 per gram (0,00032g).
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
- Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and, Evolution of Dormancy and Germination, Baskin, Carol & Baskin, J.M. 2014 pag. 1-1586. DOI
Germination references for the genus
- The mechanism of evolution in the genus Clarkia, Lewis, Harlan. Evolution 1953 pag. 1-20. DOI
The average seed weight is 3125,0 per gram (0,00032g).
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
- Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and, Evolution of Dormancy and Germination, Baskin, Carol & Baskin, J.M. 2014 pag. 1-1586. DOI
Germination references for the genus
- The mechanism of evolution in the genus Clarkia, Lewis, Harlan. Evolution 1953 pag. 1-20. DOI
This plant is available from the following nurseries
Experiences in the garden
20-01-20A Obtaining seeds from seed provider Sandeman collected in '....'. (Cultivated from unknown origin)
11-03-20 Sown 70 seeds in a tray and germinated at 27-04-20 but the seedlings did not survive.
Protocol: Spring Surface Sowing mix+Sand 59-68°F Damp substrate+Light 1-2w
23-02-21 Sown 30 seeds in a tray and germinated at 29-03-21, result: 1 units.
Protocol: Spring Surface Sowing mix+Sand 50-59°F Damp substrate+Light 1-2w
28-02-22 Sown 30 seeds in a tray, they did not geminate in Serre5.
Protocol: Spring Surface+Coal Sowing mix+Sand 50-59°F Damp substrate+Light 1w
08-04-24 Sown 80 seeds in a seed plate ½, they did not geminate in Serre3.
Protocol: Spring Surface+Coal Sowing mix+Sand 64-72°F Damp substrate+Light 1-2w
. . . 2021A Production of 1 plants in our nursery (Cultivated from unknown origin)
12-07-23 1x Not the right plant: Serre8 C6.