Delphinium bicolor |
Delphinium stachydeum |
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Flathead larkspur, little larkspur, low larkspur, Montana larkspur |
hedgenettle larkspur, Rocky Mountain larkspur, spike larkspur, Umatilla larkspur |
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Stems | 10-40(-70) cm; base often reddish, glabrous to puberulent. |
(40-)70-150(-200) cm; base reddish, 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 light green, ± round, 2-8 × 3.5-11 cm, sparsely pubescent; ultimate lobes 7-19, width 1-8 mm, apex tapering to point; veins obscure. |
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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. |
(14-)30-60(-102)-flowered, dense, cylindric; pedicel spreading, 0.8-2(-3) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-4 mm from flowers, green, linear, 2-7(-10) mm, puberulent. |
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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 bright blue, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-13 × 4-7 mm, spurs straight, within 30° above or below horizontal, 11-17 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-8 mm, clefts 0.5-2 mm; hairs sparse, centered, mostly near junction of blade and claw above base of cleft, white. |
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Fruits | (12-)16-22 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, usually puberulent. |
10-15 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | often winged; seed coat cells with surfaces ± smooth. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells with margins straight, surfaces ± roughened. |
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Delphinium bicolor |
Delphinium stachydeum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||
Habitat | Swales in Artemisia scrub | |||||
Elevation | 1300-3000 m (4300-9800 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
ID; MT; ND; NE; SD; WY; AB; BC; SK
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CA; ID; NV; OR; WA
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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.) |
Populations of Delphinium stachydeum are widely scattered in isolated mountain ranges surrounded by desert or grassland. The species has been reported (visual sightings) from northwestern Utah; no specimens have been seen from there. Hybrids between D. stachydeum and D. glaucum have been reported. Although D. stachydeum has been seen flowering within 30 m of flowering D. depauperatum, no hybrids have been observed. Delphinium stachydeum may possibly be confused with D. geyeri, from which it may be distinguished by its usually greater plant size, less pubescent foliage, and later flowering date. Delphinium stachydeum also may be confused with D. glaucum; see discussion under that species. (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. Wislizenana | ||||
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Synonyms | D. scopulorum var. stachydeum, D. confertiflorum, D. umatillense | |||||
Name authority | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 10. (1834) | (A. Gray) Tidestrom: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27: 61. (1914) | ||||
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