Delphinium brachycentrum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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arctic larkspur, northern larkspur |
Chiricahua Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 20-50(-80) cm; base often reddish, pubescent. |
60-200 +cm; base reddish or not, glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 1.5-6 × 3-11 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 1-7(-15) mm. |
blade cordate to semicircular, 5-8 × 5-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-16, width 3-20 mm, tips gradually tapered to mucronate apex; midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide. |
Inflorescences | 5-18-flowered; pedicel 1-4.5 cm, pubescent; bracteoles 2-7 mm from flowers, blue, linear, 5-8 mm, puberulent. |
20-80-flowered; pedicel 1-2(-3) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green to brown, linear-lanceolate, 3-6 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals dark blue, apex rounded, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 17-24 × 7-9 mm, spurs straight to slightly decurved, ascending 30-60° above horizontal, 15-17 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-7 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs sparse, local, centered, mostly above base of cleft, white. |
sepals purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-12 × 5-7 mm, spurs ascending ca. 45°, curved downward apically, purple, 10-13 mm, blunt tipped; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 1.5-2.5 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 14-17 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, pubescent. |
12-15 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, sparsely puberulent. |
Seeds | wing-margined; seed coat cells ± elongate, surfaces roughened. |
unwinged; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces pustulate. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium brachycentrum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Well-drained tundra slopes | Meadows and coniferous woods |
Elevation | 0-1600 m (0-5200 ft) | 2200-3200 m (7200-10500 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; YT; e Asia |
AZ |
Discussion | Hybrids with Delphinium glaucum are known as D. ×nutans A. Nelson. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium andesicola, the westernmost representative of the southern Cordilleran complex, is found in the Chiricahua, Huachuca, Graham, and White mountains. Hybrids with Delphinium scopulorum are known. (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. Exaltata |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. chamissonis | D. andesicola subsp. amplum |
Name authority | Ledebour: Fl. Ross. 1: 60. (1841) | Ewan: J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 476. (1939) |
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