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Clarkias – Evening Primrose family
Genus named after
William Clark
41 annual species
72 species and sub-
species native to CA
Include garden
varieties sold by seed
companies
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Confusion over Clarkias
Many Clarkia were mistaken for
other genera such as Godetia
Even within the same species
there is much variability
Interbreeding between sub-
species
Some populations are isolated –
tend to diverge from others even
within a species
In the 1950s, the genus Clarkia
became the object of intensive
genetic and taxonomic studies at
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