Delphinium barbeyi |
Delphinium viridescens |
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Barbey larkspur, Barbey's larkspur, subalpine larkspur, tall larkspur |
Wenatchee larkspur |
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Stems | 50-150 cm; base green, glabrous. |
90-150 cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
Leaves | blade round to reniform, 4-8 × 7-15 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-9, width 8-50 mm. |
blade cuneate to semicircular, 2-5 × 3-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-21, width 1-8 mm. |
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. |
25-80-flowered, dense; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-pubescent; bracteoles 1-4 mm from flowers, green, lanceolate, 3.5-6 mm, glandular-pubescent. |
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 yellowish green, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals forward pointing, 7-9 × 3-4 mm, spurs decurved, 30-45° below horizontal, often hooked apically, 8-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs centered, mostly near junction of blade and claw, yellow. |
Fruits | 17-22 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
8-11 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | wing-margined; seed coat cells narrow but short, surfaces pustulate. |
± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces ± roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium barbeyi |
Delphinium viridescens |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Subalpine and alpine sites in wet soils | Wet meadows and streamsides in coniferous forest, heavy clay soils |
Elevation | 2500-4100 m (8200-13500 ft) | 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; WY
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WA
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. Delphinium viridescens is local in mountains southwest of Wenatchee, Washington. (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. Multiplex |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. exaltatum var. (e) barbeyi, D. occidentale var. barbeyi | |
Name authority | (Huth) Huth: Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 335. (1893) | Leiberg: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 39. (1897) |
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