Delphinium barbeyi |
Delphinium geraniifolium |
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Barbey larkspur, Barbey's larkspur, subalpine larkspur, tall larkspur |
Clark Valley larkspur, Mogollon larkspur |
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Stems | 50-150 cm; base green, glabrous. |
60-100 cm; base reddish, puberulent, midstems pubescent. |
Leaves | blade round to reniform, 4-8 × 7-15 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-9, width 8-50 mm. |
blade dark green, at least adaxially, fan-shaped to reniform, 2-5 × 3-7 cm, pubescent, especially abaxially; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 4-15 mm (basal lobes 5-15 mm), apex abruptly tapered, usually mucronate; veins prominent. |
Inflorescences | 10-50-flowered; pedicel 0.5-6 cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 1-4(-8) mm from flowers, blue to green, awl-shaped, 5-14 mm, puberulent. |
20-90-flowered, dense, cylindric; pedicel ascending to spreading, 1-2 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-2 mm from flowers, green, linear, 4-6 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals dark bluish purple, sparsely puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 13-23 × 5-8 mm, spurs ascending ca. 45°, downcurved apically, 10-18 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-7 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered, mostly near base of cleft, sparse elsewhere, white or yellow. |
sepals dark blue to purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading to slightly forward pointing, 10-14 × 3-5 mm, spurs ascending 20-70°, truncate or downcurved apically, 12-15 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 0.5-2 mm; hairs sparse, local below junction of blade and claw, scattered on margins, white. |
Fruits | 17-22 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
13-18 mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | wing-margined; seed coat cells narrow but short, surfaces pustulate. |
unwinged; seed coat cells with margins straight, surfaces ± roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium barbeyi |
Delphinium geraniifolium |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Subalpine and alpine sites in wet soils | Heavy clay soil, dry meadows in coniferous woods |
Elevation | 2500-4100 m (8200-13500 ft) | 1800-3400 m (5900-11200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; WY
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AZ; NM
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Discussion | Delphinium barbeyi hybridizes extensively with D. glaucum in western Colorado and eastern Utah, where plants appearing to be hybrid [D. ×occidentale (S. Watson) S. Watson] are often far more common than plants of either putative parent. Several other names have been used for these plants, including D. elatum var. occidentale S. Watson, D. abietorum Tidestrom, and D. scopulorum subsp. occidentale (S. Watson) Abrams. Delphinium barbeyi is also known to hybridize with D. ramosum and D. sapellonis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium geraniifolium is a more pubescent analog of the closely related D. scopulorum, the former occurring in heavier soils at higher elvation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Wislizenana |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. exaltatum var. (e) barbeyi, D. occidentale var. barbeyi | D. tenuisectum subsp. amplibracteatum |
Name authority | (Huth) Huth: Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 335. (1893) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 583. (1899) |
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