Clarkia amoena (farewell to spring or godetia; syn. Godetia amoena) is a flowering plant native to western North America, found in coastal hills and mountains from British Columbia south to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is an annual plant growing to 1 m tall, with slender, linear leaves 2–7 cm long and 2–6 mm broad. The flowers are pink to pale purple, with four broad petals 1.5–6 cm long. The fruit is a dry capsule, which splits open when mature to release the numerous seeds. Three subspecies are currently recognised, though intermediate forms are commonly found: Clarkia amoena subsp. amoena Clarkia amoena subsp. huntiana Clarkia amoena subsp. whitneyi (Whitney's farewell to spring) Farewell to spring is commonly cultivated as a garden plant, and cultivated varieties are known.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Clarkia amoena has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections6
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS5★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualClarkia amoena carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size2 053 800 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Clarkia amoena2.05 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chen, R. y., W. q. Song, X. l. Li, M. x. Li, G. l. Liang & C. b. Chen. 2003. Chromosome Atlas of Major Economic Plants Genome in China, Vol. 3, Chromosome Atlas of Garden Flowering Plants in China. Science Press, Beijing.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 161≤1 km 169≤10 km 212>10 km 44
1 586 georeferenced · 301 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 887
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 47≤1 km 77≤10 km 73>10 km 12
209 georeferenced · 147 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence356
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤1 km 1≤10 km 1
2 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living3
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions49 of 69 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
26
Victoria, CA
23
LDlocation not on record
21
Santa Barbara, US
21
Pullman, US
21
WTUlocation not on record
20
Arcata, US
18
Davis, US
14
Olocation not on record
10
Oskarshamn, SE
8
Helsinki, FI
7
Turlock, US
7
San Luis Obispo, US
6
Portland, US
6
KMNlocation not on record
5
Riverside, US
5
Boise, US
4
Bloomington, US
4
Jyväskylä, FI
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Christchurch, NZ
4
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Trondheim, NO
3
Bern, CH
3
Corvallis, US
3
Angwin, US
3
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record
2
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
2
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
EL PASO, US
2
Wellington, NZ
2
Vancouver, CA
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Northridge, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Long Beach, US
2
San Diego, US
2
San Francisco, US
2
Santa Cruz, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
Baroda, IN
2
Denver, US
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Phoenix, US
2
Claremont, US
1
Bothell, US
1
Moscow, US
1
Görlitz, DE
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Armidale, AU
1
BFLlocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Bronx, US
1
Tacoma, US
1
Ashland, US
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Pocatello, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Oulu, FI
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Hobart, AU
1
Turku, FI
1
US
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
69 institutions · 316 of 356 vouchered records shown · 40 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Clarkia amoena was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
growing on cliff
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median16.5 °C 16.5–16.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.8 °C
Max temp (day)22.7 °C
Min temp (night)10.0 °C
Precipitation7.80 mm/mo
Air humidity54.6 %
Moisture balance-108 mm/mo
Vapour deficit852 Pa
Wind speed3.50 m/s
Cloud cover28.5 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 246 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗