Delphinium bicolor |
Delphinium patens |
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Flathead larkspur, little larkspur, low larkspur, Montana larkspur |
spreading larkspur, spreading or zigzag larkspur, zigzag larkspur |
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Stems | 10-40(-70) cm; base often reddish, glabrous to puberulent. |
(10-)20-50(-90) cm; base reddish, glabrous to puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade round, 1-4 × 1.5-7 cm, glabrous to puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-19, width 1-8 mm (basal), 1-3 mm (cauline). |
blade round to pentagonal, 1-5.5 × 2-7.5 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-9, less often wedge-shaped, 5 or more extending more than 3/5 distance to petiole, width 5-30(-50) mm (basal), 1-15 mm (cauline), widest at middle or in proximal 1/2. |
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Inflorescences | 3-12(-22)-flowered; pedicel 1-4(-8) cm, ± puberulent; bracteoles 2-7(-17) mm from flowers, green, sometimes white-margined, lanceolate, 4-6(-8) mm, puberulent. |
4-25(-36)-flowered; pedicel spreading from rachis at usually less than 70°, 1-4(-8) cm, glabrous to glandular; bracteoles 3-12(-23) mm from flowers, blue to green, linear, 3-8(-16) mm, glabrous to glandular. |
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Flowers | sepals dark blue, puberulent, lateral sepals usually spreading, 16-21 × 6-12 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, ascending 0-40° above horizontal, 13-23 mm; lower petal blades covering stamens, 7-12 mm, clefts 0.1-3 mm; hairs sparse, short, mostly on inner lobes below junction of blade and claw, white or yellow. |
sepals dark blue, usually retaining color upon drying, glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, (6-)10-15(-20) × 4-8 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 8-18 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-6(-8) mm, clefts 1-3 mm; hairs centered on base of cleft or on inner lobes, scattered, white, rarely yellow. |
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Fruits | (12-)16-22 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, usually puberulent. |
12-23 mm, 3.3-3.6 times longer than wide, glabrous or puberulent. |
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Seeds | often winged; seed coat cells with surfaces ± smooth. |
unwinged; seed coats ± pitted, cell surfaces roughened. |
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Delphinium bicolor |
Delphinium patens |
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Distribution |
ID; MT; ND; NE; SD; WY; AB; BC; SK
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CA
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Delphinium bicolor is closely related to D. glareosum; it differs in its wider-lobed cauline leaves, shallower petal clefts, and narrower fruits. The Gosiute consider this plant to be poisonous (D. E. Moerman 1986, subspecies not specified). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Bicoloria | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Grumosa | ||||||||||||
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Name authority | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 10. (1834) | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 296. (1849) | ||||||||||||
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