Stems erect to decumbent, branches on well-developed plants many, few-flowered. Leaf blades linear to narrowly lanceolate. Inflorescences open racemes or few-branched panicles. Petals dark purplish red to lavender, ± white or pale yellow toward base, rarely pale yellow throughout, usually with bright red spot near middle. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Woodlands.
Elevation: 0–500 m.

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Subspecies speciosa is known from the South Coast Ranges in Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and scarcely to Ventura counties, and very sporadically in the Tehachapi and southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Kern and Tulare counties.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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