Delphinium carolinianum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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Carolina larkspur |
Chiricahua Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | (20-)40-90(-150) cm; base reddish or not, ± pubescent. |
60-200 +cm; base reddish or not, glabrous, glaucous. |
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Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 1-8 × 2-12 cm, pubescence variable; ultimate lobes 3-29, width 2-10 mm (basal), 1-7 mm (cauline). |
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. |
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Inflorescences | (3-)8-27(-94)-flowered; pedicel (0.4-)0.7-1.8(-5.7) cm, nearly glabrous to glandular; bracteoles 1-3.5(-6) mm from flowers, green or blue, linear, 2-7 mm, pubescence nearly glabrous to glandular. |
20-80-flowered; pedicel 1-2(-3) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green to brown, linear-lanceolate, 3-6 mm, puberulent. |
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Flowers | sepals purple to blue to white, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, (7-)9-14(-17) × (3-)3.5-6(-8) mm, spurs ± upcurved, ascending 20-90° above vertical, (9-)11-17(-19) mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-7 mm, cleft 2-4 mm; hairs centered, densest near base of cleft, white, sometimes blue or yellow. |
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. |
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Fruits | (10-)12.5-18.5(-27) mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. |
12-15 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, sparsely puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate or smooth. |
unwinged; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces pustulate. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium carolinianum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early fall. | |||||||||||||
Habitat | Meadows and coniferous woods | |||||||||||||
Elevation | 2200-3200 m (7200-10500 ft) | |||||||||||||
Distribution |
AL; AR; CO; FL; GA; IA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; OK; SC; SD; TN; TX; WI; MB; Mexico
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AZ |
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Discussion | Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora). (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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Virescens | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | D. andesicola subsp. amplum | |||||||||||||
Name authority | Walter: Fl. Carol., 155. (1788) | Ewan: J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 476. (1939) | ||||||||||||
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