Delphinium barbeyi |
Delphinium wootonii |
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Barbey larkspur, Barbey's larkspur, subalpine larkspur, tall larkspur |
Organ Mountain larkspur, Wooton's larkspur |
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Stems | 50-150 cm; base green, glabrous. |
(15-)30-50(-60) cm; base sometimes reddish, pubescent. |
Leaves | blade round to reniform, 4-8 × 7-15 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-9, width 8-50 mm. |
blade reniform to fan-shaped, 1.5-3 × 2.5-4 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-24, width 2-6 mm (basal), 1-3 mm (cauline). |
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. |
15-30(-49)-flowered; pedicel 1-2(-3.6) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-5 mm from flowers, green, linear, 1-4(-12) 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 white to lavender, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals usually reflexed, (6-)8-13 × 3-7 mm, spur straight, ascending 30-80° above horizontal, (8-)13-20(-25) mm; lower petal blades ± elevated, 6-9 mm, cleft 2.5-4.5 mm; hairs centered, densest near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 17-22 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
(10-)11-20(-24) mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
Seeds | wing-margined; seed coat cells narrow but short, surfaces pustulate. |
seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium barbeyi |
Delphinium wootonii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Subalpine and alpine sites in wet soils | Oak woods, grasslands, desert scrub |
Elevation | 2500-4100 m (8200-13500 ft) | 700-1800 m (2300-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT; WY
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AZ; CO; NM; TX; Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila)
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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 wootonii hybridizes with D. madrense in the eastern Big Bend area of Texas, and with D. carolinianum subsp. virescens. (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. Virescens |
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Synonyms | D. exaltatum var. (e) barbeyi, D. occidentale var. barbeyi | D. virescens subsp. wootonii |
Name authority | (Huth) Huth: Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 335. (1893) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 587. (1900) |
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