Clarkia davyi

(Jeps.) F.H.Lewis & M.E.Lewis · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Clarkia

At a glance

Occurrence records266

Data sources5

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Clarkia davyi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility266 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF266 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 34

01Narrative

Clarkia davyi is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Davy's fairyfan, or Davy's clarkia. It is endemic to California, where it grows in coastal habitats such as beaches and bluffs. This is an annual herb producing a thin stem which grows along the ground or somewhat upright. It is lined with small oval-shaped leaves one or two centimeters long. While in bud the flower is enclosed in four fused thick sepals. It blooms into a petite bowl-shaped corolla of four pink petals which often have lighter bases. Each petal is 5 to 11 millimeters long.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Seed mass0.287 mg

Seed mass max0.287 mg

Seed mass min0.287 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formannual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 davyi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Clarkia davyi 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.

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.

Chromosomes2n = 34 n = 17

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 341×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Lewis & L. 1953

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type266 records

Wild obs. + sensor157

Museum / vouchered109

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO676 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2>10 km 155

157 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor157

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 accuracy52% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 32≤10 km 28>10 km 5

69 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence109

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 institutions14 of 19 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Santa Barbara, US	38
San Luis Obispo, US	10
Santa Cruz, US	9
Arcata, US	5
CASlocation not on record	4
Riverside, US	3
Davis, US	3
Claremont, US	3
Los Angeles, US	3
San Diego, US	2
Vancouver, CA	1
US	1
EL PASO, US	1
Northridge, US	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	1
Clemson, US	1
ASUlocation not on record	1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	1

19 institutions · 89 of 109 vouchered records shown · 20 without an institution code

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