Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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tall larkspur |
Chiricahua Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 70-200 cm; base reddish, nearly glabrous. |
60-200 +cm; base reddish or not, glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | blade pentagonal, 2-7 × 3-9 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-7, width 5-25 mm; midcauline leaf lobes less than 3 times longer than wide. |
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 | 8-30-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4 mm from flowers, green, linear, 2-4 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 whitish to pale lavender or purple, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 9-11 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight, as much as 45° above or below horizontal, 9-12 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs centered, mostly near 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 | 7-12 mm, 2-2.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
12-15 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, sparsely puberulent. |
Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
unwinged; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces pustulate. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes in open deciduous woods and barrens, mainly on calcareous substrates, also shale and mafic and ultramafic rocks | Meadows and coniferous woods |
Elevation | 150-2000 m (500-6600 ft) | 2200-3200 m (7200-10500 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; KY; MD; MO; NC; OH; PA; TN; VA; WV
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AZ |
Discussion | 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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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. andesicola subsp. amplum | |
Name authority | Aiton: Hort. Kew. 2: 244. (1789) | Ewan: J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 476. (1939) |
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