Clarkia rubicunda

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

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Clarkia

At a glance

Occurrence records4 357

Data sources8

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 357 records↗

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

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF4 357 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT2.2 Gbp

01Narrative

Clarkia rubicunda is a flowering plant endemic to California. It is found mostly on the Central Coast part of the state. The plant is known by the common names Ruby Chalice Clarkia and Farewell to Spring. Clarkia rubicunda bears attractive poppy-like blooms with wide, cup-shaped corollas of four pink or purplish petals. The corolla of the flower sometimes has a bright red center. As the common name suggests, it blooms in June and July. It is similar in appearance to another flower of genus Clarkia, the Clarkia amoena, also called "Farewell to Spring".

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Seed mass0.386 mg

Seed mass max0.698 mg

Seed mass min0.262 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 rubicunda has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Clarkia rubicunda 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 249 400 000 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 rubicunda2.25 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.

Chromosomes2n = 14 n = 7

Ploidy2× diploid · measured

Chromosome records14–142n range14median14mode3records

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

2n 143×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · kew

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Lewis 1953b

CCDB · kew — Narayan RKI. (pers. comm. 1978)

n 71×CCDB · Cave1962

CCDB · Cave1962 — Kurabayashi et al. 1962

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

diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.988 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 357 records

Wild obs. + sensor4 060

Museum / vouchered297

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 308 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 2 605≤1 km 352≤10 km 137>10 km 58

3 152 georeferenced · 908 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor4 060

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 accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 74≤10 km 132>10 km 2

211 georeferenced · 86 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence297

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 institutions21 of 28 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	51
CASlocation not on record	21
Claremont, US	19
Santa Cruz, US	13
Davis, US	11
San Diego, US	9
Riverside, US	8
Santa Barbara, US	6
San Luis Obispo, US	5
San Jose, US	5
San Francisco, US	4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	2
EL PASO, US	2
UC Berkeley, Blue Oak Ranch Reservelocation not on record	1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	1
Bloomington, US	1
Angwin, US	1
Long Beach, US	1
Bangkok, TH	1
Northridge, US	1
Flagstaff, US	1
Phoenix, US	1
Lubbock, US	1
Arcata, US	1
US	1

28 institutions · 176 of 297 vouchered records shown · 121 without an institution code

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Clarkia rubicunda

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology3

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment6

Physiology & chemistry1

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type4 357 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions21 of 28 geolocated

Record type4 357 records