Delphinium nuttallianum |
Delphinium trolliifolium |
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thin-petal larkspur, upland larkspur |
cow-poison, poison larkspur |
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Habit | Pubescent perennial from fleshy roots, the stems 1.5-4 dm. tall, usually single and simple. | Stout perennial from short, thick rhizomes, the several erect stems 7-15 dm. tall, simple below the inflorescence, hollow, glabrous to sparsely hairy. |
Leaves | Leaves few, long-petiolate, mostly basal, the blades 2-6 cm. broad, 2-4 times parted or lobed into linear or oblong-lanceolate segments 1.5-5 mm. broad; cauline leaves much reduced upward. |
Leaves numerous, evenly spaced and gradually reduced upward, the blades of the lower ones 10-20 cm. broad, tri-lobed nearly to the base, the 2 lateral lobes deeply divided into 2-3 segments, the segments broadly wedge-shaped and 2-3 times deeply toothed. |
Flowers | Inflorescence simple or compound, the racemes 3-15 flowered; the lower pedicels several times as long as the flowers, spreading or ascending; sepals 5, deep purplish-blue, widely spreading, 17-25 mm. long, the lower pair the largest; the spur 13-20 mm. long, from about as long to twice as long as the top sepal; petals 4, small, the lower pair sometimes brownish or yellow-purplish, or all deep purplish-blue, the blade 3-4 mm. long, deeply bi-lobed; stamens numerous; pistils 3. |
Inflorescence elongate and loose, the raceme usually simple, pubescent with spreading, yellowish hairs, leafy-bracteate below; pedicels considerably exceeding the sepal spur, spreading; sepals 5, deep blue, oblong-lanceolate and pointed, 18-25 mm. long, the spur straight, about equal to the blade of the upper sepal; petals 4, small, the lower pair colored as the sepals, the upper pair white; stamens numerous; pistils 3. |
Fruits | Follicles 15-22 mm. long, somewhat spreading. |
Follicles glabrous, about 15 mm. long. |
Comments | Specimen records from west of the Cascade Mountains need to be re-examined. |
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Delphinium nuttallianum |
Delphinium trolliifolium |
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Flowering time | March-August | April-May |
Habitat | Dry, gravelly ground, sagebrush deserts to the ponderosa pine region in the mountains. | Moist, shady woods at low to middle elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington south to California.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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