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Clarkia concinna (red ribbons)

Synonyms: Clarkia grandiflora; Eucharidium grandiflorum

Wikipedia Abstract

Clarkia concinna is a species of wildflower known as red ribbons. It is endemic to California, where it can be found in the low-elevation mountains of the northern part of the state. This is an annual plant with erect, herbaceous stems. The distinctive flowers have four looping sepals of red or dark pink which look like loops of silk ribbon. The longer, pink petals have three lobes which are usually streaked with white. Subspecies: \n* C. c. automixa - Santa Clara red ribbons \n* C. c. concinna - red ribbons \n* C. c. raichei - Raiche's red ribbons
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Structure [3]  Herb

Predators

Proserpinus clarkiae (Clark's sphinx)[4]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0