Delphinium basalticum |
Delphinium parryi |
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basalt larkspur, basaltic larkspur, Columbia Gorge larkspur |
Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
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Stems | 20-50(-65) cm; base often reddish, puberulent. |
(10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade round, 2-6 × 5-9 cm, not succulent, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-19, width 3-15 mm (basal), 1-12 mm (cauline). |
blade pentagonal, 1-7 × 2-10 cm, ± puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-27, width 1-20 mm (basal), 0.5-5 mm (cauline). |
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Inflorescences | (2-)6-16(-26)-flowered; pedicel 2-7 cm, nearly glabrous; bracteoles 4-12 mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-7 mm, nearly glabrous. |
(2-)8-24(-48)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ± spreading, (0.5-)1-3(-6.8) cm, usually puberulent; bracteoles 2-7(-16) mm from flowers, green to blue, lance-linear, 2-6(-10) mm, puberulent. |
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Flowers | sepals dark blue, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 15-21 × 7-10 mm, spur straight to decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 14-18 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 7-9 mm, cleft 4-5 mm; hairs centered, mostly on inner lobes above base of cleft, yellow to white. |
sepals dark blue to bluish purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading or reflexed, (7-)10-20(-25) × 4-9 mm, spurs straight, ascending 0-30° above horizontal, 9-17(-21) mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 3-10 mm, clefts 2-6 mm; hairs mostly near base of cleft, centered or on inner lobes, white. |
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Fruits | 12-17 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
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Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces smooth. |
seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
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Delphinium basalticum |
Delphinium parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (-early summer). | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Basaltic cliff faces, n and e slopes at base of cliffs | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 200-500 m (700-1600 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
OR; WA |
North America (Calif)
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Hybrids between Delphinium basalticum and D. trolliifolium are known. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 5 (5 in the flora). A number of local phases are found in Delphinium parryi. Five of these appear consistently distinct and are recognized here. Other phases may be locally distinct but grade into other nearby phases. Delphinium parryi hybridizes with D. cardinale (D. ×inflexum Davidson). The Kawaiisu used the ground root of Delphinium parryi medicinally as a salve for swollen limbs (D. E. Moerman 1986, no subspecies specified). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Bicoloria | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | M. J. Warnock: Phytologia 78: 91. (1995) | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | ||||||||||||||||
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